La Marina Lighthouse ( es, Faro de la Marina) is an active
lighthouse
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set in parkland on high cliffs above the
Pacific Ocean
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, in the
Miraflores district of
Lima
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, the capital of
Peru
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, image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg
, other_symbol = Great Seal of the State
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. It is one of the most famous and visited lighthouses in the country.
History
The lighthouse was originally constructed in 1900 at Punta Coles, a headland near
Ilo
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, but in 1973 it was dismantled and reconstructed in Miraflores.
[ It is situated in the appropriately named Parque del Faro, one of a number of popular parks above the cliffs in the city, which commemorates a century of Peruvian navigation.][
With a focal height of above the sea, its light can be seen for , and consists of a pattern of three flashes of white light, over a period of fifteen seconds.][
]
See also
*List of lighthouses in Peru
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References
External links
Lighthouses in Peru
Lighthouses completed in 1900
Buildings and structures in Lima
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