Place building Caniçal Machico
São Lourenço lighthouse
Farol de São Lourenço
Caniçal · Machico
islet off Ponta de São Lourenço, eastern tip of Madeira
The Farol de São Lourenço is a lighthouse on the islet off Ponta de São Lourenço, Madeira's eastern tip. It was built in 1868–70 and first lit on 30 September 1870, some forty years after the Porto Santo light. It is the eastern counterpart to the Ponta do Pargo lighthouse.
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- Porto Santo lighthouse — Earlier lighthouse, operating some forty years before this one.
- Ponta do Pargo lighthouse — Eastern lighthouse balancing the Ponta do Pargo light.