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La Marina Lighthouse ((スペイン語:Faro la Marina)) is an active lighthouse set in parkland on high cliffs above the Pacific Ocean, in Miraflores a district of Lima, the capital of Peru. It is one of the most famous and visited lighthouses in the country. The lighthouse was originally constructed in 1900 at Punta Coles, a headland near Ilo, but in 1973 it was dismantled and reconstructed in Miraflores.〔 It is situated in the appropriately named Parque el Faro, one of a number of popular parks above the cliffs in the city, which commemorates a century of Peruvian navigation. It consists of an iron tower, with a gallery and lantern, painted a very dark blue, with two white bands.〔 With a focal height of above the sea, its light can be seen for 18 nautical miles, and consists of a pattern of three flashes of white light, over a period of fifteen seconds.〔 ==See also== *List of lighthouses in Peru 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「La Marina Lighthouse」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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