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773: 641: 551: 299: 743: 505: 66: 755: 1326: 600:, constructed a massive tower of such a grand height that his sons could see a distant green shore from its top. The glimpse of that distant green land lured them to sail north to Ireland. According to the legend, Breogán's descendants stayed in Ireland and are the Celtic ancestors of the current Irish people. A colossal statue of Breogán has been erected near the Tower. 421: 306: 523:, and was finished in 1791. UNESCO praised the work: "The Tower of Hercules was restored in the 18th century in an exemplary manner, which has protected the central core of the original Roman monument while restoring its technical functions". Within, the much-repaired Roman and medieval masonry remains visible. 464:. The tower has been in consistent use since the 2nd century. The original tower was shorter and wider than the current tower, as the surviving core was surrounded by a spiral ramp. The outline of this ramp is still visible in the restored exterior. The final storey of the tower was likely topped with a dome. 731:). The proponents of A Coruña as Brigantia also explain the different name as a change that occurred in the Middle Ages and point out that the lighthouse, which was called "Pharum Brigantium", was erected in A Coruña, and is at least 25 km (15 miles) (or a day's walk) from Betanzos. 1404: 1345: 1007:
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In 1788, the surviving 34-metre (112 ft) tower core was given a neoclassical restoration, including a new 21-metre (69 ft) fourth storey. The restoration was undertaken by naval engineer Eustaquio Giannini during the reign of
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Throughout the Middle Ages, multiple naval crusading itineraries to the Holy Land mentioned the obligatory stopover at the Lighthouse. Usually, the crusader fleets would disembark there to reach the shrine of the Apostle
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However, the A Coruña tradition maintains that the "port" of Betanzos (which is a fluvial one in a quite small river) was far too small for Roman warships to dock at;
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Through the millennia many mythical stories of the lighthouse's origin have been told. According to a myth that mixes Celtic and Greco-Roman elements, the hero
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Secundus angulus circium intendit, ubi Brigantia Gallaeciae civitas sita altissimum farum et inter pauca memorandi operis ad speculam Britanniae erigit
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The Romans who conquered this region of Spain believed it to be, in a figurative sense, the end of the Earth – hence its name,
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The Betanzos tradition claims that the port of Betanzos was getting too small for the larger medieval ships and that king
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city of Brigantia is sited, a very tall lighthouse is erected among a few commemorative works, for looking towards
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Martínez de la Torre, Cruz; Storch de Gracia yAsensio, José Jacobo; Vivas Sainz, Inmaculada (21 December 2016).
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decided to create a bigger port nearby in the 13th century. The place he chose was an uninhabited place called
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De expugnatione Lyxbonensi, trans. Charles W. David (Philadelphia, 2000); Villegas-Aristizábal, Lucas,
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point out that the town could be actually located in A Coruña or the location of the modern town of
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representing the buried head of Hercules' slain enemy, appears in the coat of arms of the city of
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The tower is known to have existed by the 1st century, built or perhaps rebuilt under
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after three days and three nights of continuous battle. Hercules then, in a
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Investigaciones sobre la fundación y fábrica de la torre llamada de Hércules
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since 27 June 2009. It is the second-tallest lighthouse in Spain, after the
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helped to perpetuate the legend that the lighthouse had been built by
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According to another legend from the 11th-century Irish compilation
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Images of the Roman Tower of Hercules and futuristic visual legends
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The earliest known reference to the lighthouse at Brigantium is by
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Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in the Province of A Coruña
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in origin. The design was based on the original plans of the
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Tower of Hercules Visitor Services and Interpretive Center
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Arte de las grandes civilizaciones clásicas: Grecia y Roma
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perhaps due to a misreading of the ancient inscription.
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Close-up of wall and spiral that once supported a ramp
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The Tower of Hercules, in the coat of arms of Corunna
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Buildings and structures in the Province of A Coruña
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Cornerstone with name of the ancient Roman architect
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on the grounds of the lighthouse featuring works by
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Index

Torre de Hércules
Galician
Faro Bregancio
Spanish

A Coruña
43°23′9″N 8°24′23″W / 43.38583°N 8.40639°W / 43.38583; -8.40639
Ministry of Culture
UNESCO World Heritage Site
session
1312
Europe and North America
Spanish Cultural Heritage
Monument
Tower of Hercules is located in Galicia
Galician
Spanish
lighthouse
1st century
A Coruña
Latin word farum
Φάρος
Lighthouse of Alexandria
sculpture garden
Pablo Serrano
Francisco Leiro
es
National Monument
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Faro de Chipiona

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