Recently, I saw a webcam scene of Biarritz, France. Biarritz is on the coast, but not the famous Mediterranean coast of France (where the Tour de France finished this year, because the Paris Olympic Games were about to get started). Rather, Biarritz is on the southern French coast on the Bay of Biscay, not far north of the border with Spain.
I wondered if Biarritz has a lighthouse; it does. And I featured it a few years ago.
So, since I was in the vicinity, I looked around for other lighthouses. And just a few miles down the coast, and just over the Spanish border, is the Cape Higuer Lighthouse.
This map shows both where Cape Higuer and Biarritz are located, and the border, too.
You will likely note that the place names don't look Spanish; that's because they are from the Basque language.
The Lighthouse Directory now provides the pertinent information on the Cape Higuer light:
"1881 (station established 1855). Active; focal plane 65 m (213 ft); two white flashes every 10 s. 21 m (69 ft) 2-stage round cylindrical stone tower with lantern and two galleries, the lower stage square and the upper stage octagonal, attached to a 1-story stone keeper's house. Building painted white with unpainted stone trim; the upper stage appears white with unpainted gray stone vertical stripes. The lantern is painted red, very unusual for a Spanish lighthouse. ... The original lighthouse was destroyed during the Carlist civil war in 1874. Cabo Higuer shelters the entrance to the Bahía de Txingudi (Baie de Chingoudy), an international harbor that serves both Hondarribia, Spain, and Hendaye, France."
And I will provide three pictures of the Cape Higuer Lighthouse below.
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