Continuing my extended catch-up efforts for Lighthouses of the Week, and covering lighthouses of Uruguay, the next one is the Faro de Colonia de Sacramento, which is likely the closest Uruguayan lighthouse to Argentina, which lies both to the north by land and to the south by water. This lighthouse is on a small extension of Uruguay into the Rio de la Plata, the big estuary that Buenos Aires notably lies on.
The Lighthouse Directory provides this basic information:
"1857. Active; focal plane 34 m (112 ft); red flash every 9 s. 27 m (88 ft) cylindrical brick tower with lantern and gallery, lower half square, upper half round. Lighthouse painted white; lantern painted with red and white vertical stripes. ... The lighthouse is built within the ruins of the Convento de San Francisco Javier, built by Portugal in 1682. Construction of the lighthouse began in 1845 but it was interrupted by a prolonged civil war, the Guerra Grande, which finally ended in 1852. Adjacent to the light station is the municipal museum of this historic city, which faces Buenos Aires across the broad Río de la Plata estuary. Located in the historic district of the city, on a peninsula extending into the Río de la Plata."
Due to the visual interaction with the ruins of the convent, it provides a good photographic subject.
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