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Torre de Hércules

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Torre de Hércules

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The oldest lighthouse still in use in the world, raised in the second century by the architect Gaius Sevius Lupus and restored in neoclassical style in 1788. Legend says Hercules buried the giant Geryon's head beneath it.

43.38583, -8.40639

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