Cape Sant Antoni (
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: ''Cap de Sant Antoni'';
Spanish: ''Cabo San Antonio'') is a
cape in the town of
Xàbia, on the north coast of the
Alacant Province in the
Valencian Land, southeastern
Spain
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. It is located north of the town proper, south of
Dénia, and forms part of the southern edge of the
Gulf of València, just before it ends at the more southerly
Cap de la Nau. It is backed by the
Montgó Mountain, of which it is actually an extension, geologically speaking, and ends in 170-meter-high cliffs. It is included in the
Costa Blanca.
It is part of the Montgó Natural Park, while the surrounding waters are part of the Cap de Sant Antoni Marine Reserve, and there are two plant micro-reserves on land, one at the north cliff face, and the other on a nearby isle. At its tip is an out-of-use lighthouse first operated in 1855, built in an area with several small buildings including a former lookout tower that formed the basis for the lighthouse. Formerly there was also a small 14th-century chapel or hermitage dedicated to Sant Antoni. As of 2020, the lighthouse is soon to be converted into an interpretation center (information center) for the Marine Reserve.
It is the mainland point closest to the island of
Eivissa
Ibiza (natively and officially in ca, Eivissa, ) is a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea off the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. It is from the city of Valencia. It is the third largest of the Balearic Islands, in Spain. Its la ...
, which can be seen on a clear day, and actually reached by ferry from nearby
Dénia.
Curious fact: from here you have a nearly clear shot by boat across the Mediterranean all the way to Beirut, Lebanon, for instance.
In literature
It has been sung by such authors as
Baltasar Porcel
Baltasar Porcel i Pujol (; Andratx, Majorca, 14 March 1937 – Barcelona, 1 July 2009) was a Spanish writer, journalist and literary critic. His enormous legacy credited him as one of the greatest authors in Catalan literature from the 20th century ...
, in his ''Arran de Mar'' (1967, literary travel book) and
Vicent Blasco Ibáñez, in his novel ''Flor de Mayo'' (1895).
"El cap de Sant Antoni avança..."
at ''Endrets. Geografia Literària dels Països Catalans'', . ccessed 21-08-2020
See also
* Cap de la Nau
* Montgó Massif
Montgó () is a mountain in Alicante Province, Spain, which rises to . It is the last spur on the Cordillera Prebética Mountain Range and is located in the Marina Alta region in the north of Alicante between the towns of Dénia and Xàbia. The m ...
* Xàbia
* Baetic System
References
External links
Cap de Sant Antoni
at the official tourist website of the town of Xàbia
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Sant Antoni
Sant Antoni is a neighborhood in the ''Eixample'' district of Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). Its non-official centre, the marketplace of the same name—designed by Antoni Rovira i Trias and built between 1872 and 1882—is one of the oldest an ...
Geography of the Province of Alicante
Nature reserves in Spain