Yes, I know I'm a bit behind in my blog posting. So this is the start of my comeback. I searched for "multi-color lighthouse", and this one showed up. Clearly it is what I searched for.
So, this is the Faro de Ajo or the Faro de Cabo de Ajo, located in Cantabria on the northern coast of Spain, near Santander and to the west of Bilbao. If that's not enough to locate it for you, click here.
This is what the Lighthouse Directory says, in part:
"1985 (station established 1930). Active; focal plane 71 m (233 ft); white light occulting three times (2 s each) every 16 s. 14 m (46 ft) cylindrical concrete tower with lantern and double gallery, rising from a circular 1-story base. Lighthouse originally painted white; lantern dome is gray metallic. ... This handsome modern tower, designed by Fernando Rodríguez Pérez, was one of the first new lighthouses built under the Plan de Señales Marítimas 1985-89. In 2020 the lighthouse was painted in bright colors in an intricate design by the artist Okuda San Miguel".
Here's another page on it, with some close-up pictures: An artist has turned this Spanish lighthouse into a colourful work of art
Certainly if you're reading this, you want to see pictures right here, so they are under this line.
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