For this week's Lighthouse of the Week, I looked at Brazil, which has a lot of coastline, and many lighthouses, which are in a variety of conditions. Some are in great shape, functioning, and tourist attractions, and others aren't in such great shape. It's a big variety.
This one is in good shape, and on a really nice beach. It's in the Bahia province, well north of the most famous locations on the Brazil coast, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. So there are quite a few pictures of it.
It is located here, and you can zoom out to see where that is with respect to the rest of the big country of Brazil.
Here is what the Lighthouse Directory has about the Farol de Itapuã:
"1873. Active; focal plane 24 m (79 ft); white flash every 6 s. 21 m (69 ft) round cast iron tower with lantern and gallery, mounted on a concrete base and connected to shore by an arched concrete bridge. Lighthouse painted with red and white horizontal bands; lantern and gallery are red. ... This is one of nine cast iron lighthouses prefabricated for Brazil by P & W McLellan of Glasgow, Scotland."A short video and three pictures are provided below.
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