About Farol do Cabo Sardão

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Farol do Cabo Sardão é um farol português que se localiza na Ponta do Cavaleiro no Cabo Sardão, freguesia de São Teotónio, na Vila de Odemira, distrito de Beja.

Trata-se de uma torre quadrangular branca, em alvenaria, com edifício anexo encimada por lanterna cilíndrica vermelha, tem 17 metros de altura.

Proposto pela primeira vez em 1883, o Farol do Cabo Sardão entrou em funcionamento apenas a 15 de Abril de 1915.

Em 1950, o farol foi electrificado com montagem de grupos electrogéneos. A fonte luminosa deixou de ser a gás de petróleo sendo substituída por uma lâmpada de 3000 watts.

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CM 1124, Odemira, Alentejo, Portugal

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