One of the last Galician lighthouses built in the twentieth century with a project commissioned in 1833 to the engineer Adolfo Pequeño.
The architectural solution to the construction is very simple because it is a fourth order light that goes into operation in December 1898 with a range of 10 miles.
It underwent reforms in the years 1918 and 1920 but it was in 1981 when it addressed the reform that strengthens its scope and benefits by building a second tower.
In October of 1981, this new light that replaces the first lighthouse comes into operation and has a range of 24 miles.
Curiosities, myths and legends
As explained by USC Professor of Applied Physics Jorge Mira, author of the study "Analysis of non-western slopes of Europe", the situation of Touriñán Cape, at 9 degrees 17 minutes and 53 seconds long, gives it a natural privilege .
From the spring equinox between March 21 and April 25, and then from August 13 to September 22 in this place is where the last sunbeam of continental Europe disappears.
