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Farol de Fontes Pereira de Melo (also: ''farol da ponta de Tumbo'') is a lighthouse at the northeastern point of the island of Santo Antão in northwestern
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We were there in February 2019. A beautiful (new?) lighthouse is there. It is also visible on Google maps now.
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. It is situated on the headland Ponta de Tumbo, 2 km east of Janela, 6 km southeast of Pombas and 15 km northeast of Porto Novo
Porto-Novo (Portuguese: "New Port", , ; yo, Àjàṣẹ́, ), also known as Hogbonu and Ajashe, is the capital of Benin. The commune covers an area of and as of 2002 had a population of 223,552 people.
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. The lighthouse was named after Fontes Pereira de Melo
António Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo GCTE KGF (; Lisbon, 8 September 1819 – 22 January 1887) was a Portuguese statesman and engineer. He was a leading parliamentarian and political figure of his time. Among other posts held, he was six t ...
, prime minister of Portugal for several times between 1871 and 1886. It is a white octagonal masonry tower, 16 meters high. Its focal height is 162 meters above sea level, and its range is . The adjacent building for the lighthouse keeper is abandoned and in poor condition.
Demolition
October 2017 photos on Google Maps show the lighthouse is no longer there, with only underground parts of the interior and the stairwell still visible/sup>.
Rebuilt
We were there in February 2019. A beautiful (new?) lighthouse is there. It is also visible on Google maps now.
See also
*List of lighthouses in Cape Verde
The following article is a list of lighthouses in Cape Verde. Cape Verde has tens of lighthouses scattered across its nine major islands. The lighthouses are administered by the Direction of Marine and Ports (''Direcção Geral de Marinha e Portos' ...
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Fontes Pereira de Melo
António Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo GCTE KGF (; Lisbon, 8 September 1819 – 22 January 1887) was a Portuguese statesman and engineer. He was a leading parliamentarian and political figure of his time. Among other posts held, he was six t ...
Paul, Cape Verde
Lighthouses completed in 1884
1880s establishments in Cape Verde