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It consists of a truncated white circular tower constructed of reinforced contract with gallery and small red beacon on its top. Approximately three storeys tall, each registry is marked by a slitted window, culminating in the top platform with guardrail.
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The lighthouse is located along the Capelo peninsula, along the southern coast of the island, approximately 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) southeast of the lighthouse of
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The lighthouse was constructed to substitute the destroyed lighthouse on the promontory of
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The circular, reinforced concrete lighthouse constructed as a purposeful replacement to the destroyed
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