Torre de Hércules

Today: Torre de Hércules, A Coruña

Place: La Coruña (A Coruña)
Kind: Lighthouse
Built: 1788 to 1790
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Open to visit

The Tower of Hercules has the outer look given it by the Neoclassical restoration of the engineer Eustaquio Giannini, from July 1788 to December 1790, which rebuilt it around the Roman core and added a new fourth storey of 21 metres. The present façade is the result of that work. A staircase climbs to the top, and visitors enter through the Roman foundations.

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