Formed by a small, narrow peninsula that juts little more than a kilometre into the sea is Cape Touriñán, the westernmost point of mainland Spain. A place of wild nature and a privileged balcony to contemplate infinite sunsets, because during the spring and autumn equinoxes, this place is the last place in Continental Europe to contemplate the setting sun.
But at Cape Touriñán, beauty lives and coexists with tragedy, especially with regard to the many shipwrecks that have occurred on this coast. Hence in 1898, the decision was made to build a lighthouse to help mark the coastline. This first structure operated until 1981, when a new one was built with an 11-metre-high tower for increased range and signalling power.
