Cabo da Roca Lighthouse
The Cabo da Roca Lighthouse is a beacon/lighthouse located 165 metres above the Atlantic Ocean, on Portugal's most westerly extent. It is located in the civil parish of Colares, in the municipality of Sintra, situated on a promontory made up of granite boulders and interspersed limestone.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: lighthouse in Portugal
- Also known as: “Cape Roca Lighthouse” and “Farol do Cabo da Roca”
- Historically known as: “Roca Light”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Praia do Louriçal and Ursa Beach.
Praia do Louriçal
Beach
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Praia do Louriçal is a beach, which is situated 580 metres south of Cabo da Roca Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cabo da Roca and Azóia.
Cabo da Roca
Locality
Photo: François Philipp, CC BY 2.0.
Sintra is a town in Greater Lisbon, Estremadura, Portugal. Its spectacular setting, 28 km from Lisbon, houses a Royal Palace, used by generations of Portuguese royalty prior to the 1910 revolution.
Azóia
Hamlet
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Azóia is a village in the municipality of Sintra in the southwest of the district of Lisbon, Portugal. Azóia lies 1 km from the Cabo da Roca, the most westerly point of the European continent, which makes it the westernmost village on the European continent.
Almoçageme
Neighborhood
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Almoçageme is a village on the Portuguese municipality of Sintra and in the Freguesia of Colares. The name Almoçageme is obviously Arab in origin – the Iberian peninsula is packed with Muslim toponyms that are a legacy of the five hundred years the Moors stayed over. Almoçageme is situated 3 km northeast of Cabo da Roca Lighthouse.
Cabo da Roca Lighthouse
- Categories: lighthouse, cultural heritage, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Colares, Sintra, Lisbon District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.78189° or 38° 46′ 55″ northLongitude
-9.49731° or 9° 29′ 50″ westElevation
138 metres (453 feet)Height
22 metres (72 feet)Open location code
8CCGQGJ3+Q3OpenStreetMap ID
way 184073572OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
11594423Wikidata ID
Q5015743
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Cabo da Roca Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “منارة كابو دا روكا”
- Basque: “Cabo da Rocako itsasargia”
- French: “phare de Cabo da Roca”
- French: “Phare de Cabo da Roca”
- German: “Leuchtturm Cabo da Roca”
- Polish: “Latarnia morska Cabo da Roca”
- Portuguese: “Farol do cabo da roca”
- Portuguese: “Farol do Cabo da Roca”
- Slovenian: “Svetilnik Cabo da Roca”
- Spanish: “Faro de Cabo de la Roca”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cabo da Roca Lighthouse”. Photo: Cccefalon, CC BY-SA 3.0.