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GPS 37.08083380143927, -8.669466158056418

The General Plan for Lighting and Beaconing approved in 1883 already considered the installation of a harbor light at Ponta da Piedade. Despite this intention, it would not be built so promptly, so the Commission appointed by Ordinance No. 10 of October 28, 1902, of the Ministry of the Navy and Overseas, would still have a word to say, proposing the installation of a 6th order apparatus, showing two white flashes, followed by a red one. Once again, however, the project would be delayed, so that the final solution would differ somewhat from the perspective envisaged by the Commission appointed in 1902. Government Gazette No. 10 of January 12, 1912, stated:

«Under the terms of article 90 of the decree with the force of law of the 20th of last April, the former and ruined hermitage of N.S. da Piedade, in order to build a rotating beacon there».

The process would end up not being peaceful as the Board of the Parish of S. Maria de Lagos was against the demolition of the hermitage.

On February 15, 1912, Rear Admiral Schultz Xavier, representative of the General Directorate of the Navy, took possession of the hermitage and dependencies and, by deed of March 14 of the same year, that Directorate would buy a rustic building for 250,000$000 reis , belonging to Artur Baptista Galvão and his wife for the construction of the lighthouse.

The lighthouse at Ponta da Piedade came into operation on July 1, 1913. Initially it was equipped with a 4th order optical apparatus, rotating, showing groups of five white flashes every 10 seconds and having an oil lamp as a light source . The rotation of the optics was done through the clockwork machine. The tower is 5 meters high and 51 meters high.

The 4th order optics were temporarily replaced on May 2, 1923 by a 6th order, fixed, white light. On December 15, the occultation light of 2.5 seconds interspersed with periods of fixed white light of 4 seconds duration passed, the 6th order optics being removed.

The lighthouse was electrified with energy from the public grid in May 1952, changing the light source to electric incandescence.

In 1956, a new electric glow plug with automatic switching to acetylene gas was installed.

It was automated in 1983 with a GISMAN model system.

LOCATION: AT PONTA DA PIEIDADE

FUNCTION: COASTAL

ESTABLISHMENT: 1913

LATITUDE: 37º 04',91 N

LONGITUDE: 08º ​​40', 08 W

HEIGHT: 5M

ALTITUDE: 51 M

RANGE: 20 MILES

FEATURE: FI W 7s (Lt 1.5s;Ec 5.5s)