Mucuripe Lighthouse (old)
Mucuripe Lighthouse (old) is a lighthouse in Fortaleza, Ceará. Mucuripe Lighthouse (old) is situated nearby to the suburb Cocó.- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Ceará, Brazil
- Also known as: “Mucuripe Lighthouse” and “Old Mucuripe Lighthouse”
- Historically known as: “Mucuripe Point Light”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Jusaku Fujita Japanese Garden and Mucuripe lighthouse (1958).
Jusaku Fujita Japanese Garden
Park
Photo: Joelkaula, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jusaku Fujita Japanese Garden is a park, which is situated 3 km southwest of Mucuripe Lighthouse (old).
Mucuripe lighthouse (1958)
Military installation
Photo: Dgreusard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mucuripe lighthouse (1958) is a military installation, which is situated 2 km south of Mucuripe Lighthouse (old).
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cocó and Jardim América.
Cocó
Suburb
Photo: Atrium, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cocó is a suburb, which is situated 4½ km south of Mucuripe Lighthouse (old).
Jardim América
Suburb
Photo: Porto Neto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jardim América is a suburb, which is situated 9 km southwest of Mucuripe Lighthouse (old).
Rodolfo Teófilo
Suburb
Photo: Claudio Oliveira Lim…, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rodolfo Marcos Teófilo is one of the neighborhoods of Fortaleza, the capital of the state of Ceará in northeastern Brazil. Rodolfo Teófilo is home to the Universidade Federal do Ceará's school of medicine and hospital. Rodolfo Teófilo is situated 10 km southwest of Mucuripe Lighthouse (old).
Mucuripe Lighthouse (old)
- Categories: historic site, building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Fortaleza, Ceará, Northeast, Brazil, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-3.70782° or 3° 42′ 28″ southLongitude
-38.4704° or 38° 28′ 14″ westElevation
13 metres (43 feet)Levels
4Height
12 metres (39 feet)Open location code
69837GRH+VROpenStreetMap ID
way 709260459OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
11789835Wikidata ID
Q28374807
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Swedish—“Mucuripe Lighthouse (old)” goes by many names.
- French: “Phare de Mucuripe”
- German: “Alter Leuchtturm Mucuripe”
- German: “Leuchtturm Mucuripe (1872)”
- German: “Leuchtturm Mucuripe”
- Portuguese: “Antigo Farol”
- Portuguese: “Farol do Mucuripe”
- Portuguese: “Farol Velho do Mucuripe”
- Swedish: “Mucuripes fyr”
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