This lighthouse was lit at the beginning of the year 1954, although the antecedents and procedures for its construction go back to the first decades of century XX.

The project was surely developed by engineer Salvador López Miño and would not be approved until July 19, 1929, changing the light scope to 30 miles of mean time distance.

In 1932 the works were adjudicated but it was all paralyzed by the Civil War in the decade of the 30's, resuming the project in the decade of the 40.

In 1984 a new electrical installation is carried out and today it is monitored to be controlled by computer from the Control Center of the port of Ferrol.

Curiosities, myths and legends

Located between Punta Valteira and Felgueira is the lighthouse of Punta Candelaria which we reach after a dizzying descent from Monte Purrido by a narrow, steep road and 10 steep curves that do not allow double direction.

Pulling the newspaper of La Voz de Galicia, we found a curious event of 2001. A German trucker who transported telephone directories in his trailer of 17m and 40Tm by mistake took the road from the lighthouse, before the impossibility to turn around I arrive at the esplanade Of the lighthouse with the broken shaft and although he managed to turn it around he had no choice but to stay to enjoy the hospitality of the lighthouse and his family until they moved a crane to the place.