- Source: Faro del Castillo San Felipe del Morro
Faro del" target="_blank">del Castillo San Felipe del" target="_blank">del Morro (English: Lighthouse of Promontory Castle of Saint Phillip), also known as Puerto San Juan Light (Light of Port San Juan), and most commonly referred to as Faro del" target="_blank">del Morro (El Morro Lighthouse), is a lighthouse atop the walls of Castillo San Felipe del" target="_blank">del Morro in Old San Juan. It's the first lighthouse built in Puerto Rico.
The first Castillo San Felipe del" target="_blank">del Morro Lighthouse was built in 1846 and exhibited a light using five parabolic reflectors. In 1876, a new octagonal iron tower was constructed atop the walls of the fort . The tower was hit by U.S. artillery fire in the Puerto Rican Campaign of the Spanish–American War on May 12, 1898. The lighthouse was rebuilt in 1899 but developed structural problems and was demolished in 1906. The lighthouse was rebuilt in 1908. Public admission tours into the tower are held, and the Castillo San Felipe del" target="_blank">del Morro, along with Castillo San Cristóbal and much of the city walls are part of the San Juan National Historic Site also open to the public.
See also
List of lighthouses in Puerto Rico
Castillo San Felipe del" target="_blank">del Morro
References
External links
Media related to Castillo San Felipe del" target="_blank">del Morro Lighthouse at Wikimedia Commons
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PR-48-A, "Castillo de San Felipe del" target="_blank">del Morro, Lighthouse, Northwest corner of San Juan, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR", 5 measured drawings
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PR-23, "Castillo de San Felipe del" target="_blank">del Morro Lighthouse, Summit of Castillo de San Felipe del" target="_blank">del Morro, San Juan Antiguo (subdivision), San Juan Municipio, PR", 1 photo, 3 data pages, 1 photo caption page