{"id":56214,"date":"2019-05-08T12:32:07","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T12:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.viajamenorca.com\/sin-categorizar\/favaritx-lighthouse\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T23:23:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T23:23:21","slug":"favaritx-lighthouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.viajamenorca.com\/en\/tourist-guide\/routes-and-itineraries\/route-of-the-7-lighthouses\/favaritx-lighthouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Fav\u00e0ritx Lighthouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Fav\u00e0ritx lighthouse<\/b><\/a> is located on the north coast of the island of Menorca in the cape of Fav\u00e0ritx, which is part of the Natural Park of s’Albufera des Grau<\/strong><\/a> together with the Island of Colom.<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Fav\u00e0ritx Lighthouse, Es Mercadal, north coast of Menorca<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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History<\/span><\/h2>\n

The lighthouse was built in 1922. To do so, the rock of the area was used, so today we can still see a few meters from it the quarry that was opened to build it. <\/span><\/p>\n

The construction of this lighthouse as well as the one at Punta Nati <\/strong><\/a>was largely motivated by the shipwrecks that occurred after the inauguration of the Cavalleria lighthouse. lighthouse of Cavalleria<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Special repercussions were caused by the disasters that occurred with the steamships “Isaac Pereyre” in 1906 and “General Chanzy” in 1910. <\/span><\/p>\n

The first one provided mail service between Marseilles and Algeria, at the same point where in March 1898 the steamship “Ville de Rome”, also belonging to the French General Transatlantic Company, had already been wrecked.<\/span><\/p>\n

The optics<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Photograph by: Jose L\u00f3pez Blanco<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The optics were catadioptric, manufactured by BBT and of 2+1 appearance every 10 seconds, with 85 mm Chance lamps. <\/span><\/p>\n

This optics can now be contemplated in the Exhibition of Maritime Signals installed inside the Portop\u00ed lighthouse. <\/span><\/p>\n

The tower had a height of 33 meters and was the first lighthouse tower built entirely of concrete in the Balearic Islands. The lantern, 3 meters in diameter, was manufactured by Maquinista Valenciana. <\/span><\/p>\n

Technical characteristics<\/span><\/h2>\n