Chipiona Lighthouse, also known as Punta del Perro Light, is an active 19th-century lighthouse in the province of Cádiz, Spain. Standing at 205 feet (62 m) tall, it is the seventeenth-tallest traditional lighthouse in the world and the tallest in Spain. It is located on Punta del Perro, a land projection into the Atlantic Ocean, and serves as the landfall light for Seville.
The building is constructed in a slightly tapering column reminiscent of commemorative Roman columns. It is built of blocks of sandstone and oysterstone - a limestone sedimentary rock with visible remains of mollusc shells. The structure features a four-storey square base that rises in front of a two-storey keeper's house painted white.
Visitors can take organized tours up the 344 steps to the balcony below the lantern room. These tours are available five days a week during the summer and less frequently during other months. From a focal height of 226 feet, the lighthouse displays one white flash every ten seconds, which is visible for 25 nautical miles.
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