As I said last week, I'm returning to the region of Catalonia and the Costa Brava. I didn't mention this before, but this region figured in a Robert Ludlum spy novel (The Parsifal Mosaic) that was not as famous as The Bourne Identity and subsequent Bournes. I know because I read it but barely remember it.
Back to our lighthouse. This week it's the Far del Cap de Creus, northward on the coast from last week's light, and north of both Cadaques and Port Lligat. That puts it right here.
The Lighthouse Directory indicates this information about this coastal indicator:
"1853. Active; focal plane 87 m (285 ft); two white flashes every 10 s. 11 m (36 ft) 2-stage cylindrical masonry tower, lower part square and upper part round, with lantern and double gallery, centered on the roof of a large 1-story masonry keeper's house. Lighthouse painted white with unpainted stone trim; lantern is all glass including the dome. ... This is Catalonia's second oldest lighthouse, marking the easternmost point of the Spanish mainland and the western entrance to France's Golfe du Lion. Perched on a spectacular promontory overlooking the Mediterranean, the lighthouse has been converted into a visitor center for the popular Cabo Creus national park; thus it is now one of Spain's best known and most visited lighthouses."
I don't remember if this lighthouse was mentioned in The Parsifal Mosaic, but I suspect it was.
You can spy five pictures of it below. Apparently around 2015 it got a new top (cupola), which is the black cap. The first two pictures show the all-glass cupola. Apparently the Lighthouse Directory didn't update this detail.
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