I decided to maintain my focus on the western coast of South America this week, and to do that, I'm featuring the well-named lighthouse Castillo Grande, which is now in a very urban setting in Cartagena, Colombia. And actually, I overshot the mark -- it's really on the northern coast of Colombia, not the western coast, because of that little connection to Panama. Details, details.
It looks somewhat historical, but it's quite recent. Here are the basic stats from the Lighthouse Directory:
1973. Active; focal plane 24 m (79 ft); white flash every 7 seconds 22 m (72 ft) unpainted round concrete block tower with lantern and gallery. Lantern painted white. A 3rd (?) order Fresnel lens is in use.
To find it, click right here. The lighthouse crowns, er, is at the head, er, tip, of the peninsular projection Castillo Grande. OK, you look at the satellite image and see if you can think of anything else.
Now, el pictoros. And seriously, "pictoro" is not a word in Spanish or English, but it should be.
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