Cabo de Santa Maria Lighthouse
Cabo de Santa Maria Lighthouse is a lighthouse in União das freguesias de Faro (Sé e São Pedro), Faro. Cabo de Santa Maria Lighthouse is situated nearby to the police station Policia Marítima da Ilha do Farol, as well as near the pier Cais do Farol.Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Portugal
- Also known as: “Farol do Cabo de Santa Maria”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Olhão and Pechão.
Olhão
Photo: Creative Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Olhão is a fishing port in the Algarve. Olhão is a major port and the largest fishing port in the Algarve. It is full of character with Moorish-style houses, an influence from the commercial links with Africa.
Pechão
Village
Photo: Pedro S Bello, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pechão is a Portuguese parish in the municipality of Olhão. The population in 2011 was 3,601, in an area of 19.79 km². Pechão is situated 9 km north of Cabo de Santa Maria Lighthouse.
Cabo de Santa Maria Lighthouse
- Categories: cultural heritage, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: União das freguesias de Faro (Sé e São Pedro), Faro, Faro District, Algarve, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
36.97458° or 36° 58′ 29″ northLongitude
-7.8646° or 7° 51′ 53″ westHeight
26 metres (85 feet)Open location code
8C8JX4FP+R5OpenStreetMap ID
node 1568209292OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q8960892
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Cabo de Santa Maria Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Culatra”
- French: “Phare de Culatra”
- Portuguese: “Farol de Santa Maria”
- Portuguese: “Farol do cabo de santa maria”
- Portuguese: “Farol do Cabo de Santa Maria”
- Spanish: “Faro de Cabo de Santa María (Portugal)”
- Spanish: “Faro de Cabo de Santa María”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Policia Marítima da Ilha do Farol and Cais do Farol.
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