The Tower of Hercules in Galicia is the oldest lighthouse in the world

Posted by julia on 24 Jan 2007 at 10:00 am | Tagged as: monuments

The Tower of Hercules (Torre de (57 Hércules), dating back almost 1900 years and standing 185 feet (57 meters) is said to be the oldest active Roman lighthouse in the world. It is located outside of the city of A Coruña in Galicia.

Many mythical stories have been told about the hero Hercules who slew the giant tyrant Geryon after three days and three nights of continuous battle and buried his head and weapons upon where a city would be built. The lighthouse atop a skull and crossbones representing the buried head of Hercules’ slain enemy appears in the coat-of-arms of A Coruña.

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