Catalonia is an autonomous region of Spain located in the northeastern corner of the country. The name of the region is spelled Cataluña in Spanish and Catalunya in the Catalan languange spoken by most of the inhabitants. Three of the region's four provinces face the Mediterranean: Girona, Barcelona, and Tarragona. The City of Barcelona, the regional capital, is Spain's second largest city. The word for a lighthouse is faro in Spanish but its use is generally restricted to the larger coastal light stations. Smaller lighthouses are called balizas (beacons). In Spanish isla is an island, cabo is a cape, punta is a promontory or point of land, péñon is a rock, arrecife is a reef, bahía is a bay, ría is an estuary or inlet, estrecho is a strait, río is a river, and puerto is a port or harbor. The navigational lights in Spain are the responsibility of the national port authority, Puertos del Estado, but most of them are operated and maintained by regional port authorities. In Catalonia there are two port authorities, Tarragona and Barcelona. The Barcelona authority is also responsible for lighthouses in Girona. ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. ES numbers are from the Spanish national list of lights, Libro de Faros. Admiralty numbers are from volume E of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. U.S. NGA List numbers are from Publication 113.
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Lighthouses of Girona
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![]() Cap Sant Sebastià Light, Palafrugell, September 2012 Wikimedia Creative Commons photo by Jonatan Romero |
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Lighthouses of Barcelona
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![]() Llobregat Light, Barcelonès, April 2012 ex-Panoramio Creative Commons photo by Robert Morancho |
Lighthouses of Tarragona
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![]() Cap de Salou Light, Tarragona, December 2006 Flickr Creative Commons photo by lightkeeper Miguel Ángel Sánchez Terry, posted by C.W. Bash |
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Information available on lost lighthouses:
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![]() Sant Carles de la Ràpida Light, Sant Carles de la Ràpida Light, October 2013 Wikimedia Creative Commons photo by Aureliano |
Notable faux lighthouses:
Adjoining pages: North: Languedoc-Roussillon | East: Mallorca and Menorca | Southeast: Ibiza and Formentera | South: Valencia and Murcia
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Posted February 25, 2006. Checked and revised March 10, 2020. Lighthouses: 29. Site copyright 2020 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.