Because of the current World Cup, I was looking at various countries that are participating that would have lighthouses. I checked and discovered that I have never featured a lighthouse from Uruguay, and it has a few -- some very handsome ones, too. So as I catch up to the present time (which might still take awhile) I'm going to do a Uruguay series.
I'm starting off with the Faro de José Ignacio, which I presume is named after a gentleman named Ignacio. Now, remembering that Uruguay is on the eastern coast of South America south of Brazil, this map shows where this lighthouse is. It's up the coast from Montevideo, which is really the only urban center of note in Uruguay.
As is customary, here's the excerpted basics from the Lighthouse Directory:
"1877. Active; focal plane 32 m (105 ft); white flash every 2 s. 25 m (82 ft) round brick tower with lantern and gallery rising from 1-story keeper's house. Tower unpainted except for three narrow white horizontal bands; lantern and watch room painted with red and white vertical stripes. ... Located on a rocky point in a popular resort area on the coastal road (national route 10) about 55 km (35 mi) southwest of La Paloma."
As is also customary, pictures of this lighthouse are below.
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