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Calcanhar Lighthouse

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Calcanhar Lighthouse
Calcanhar Lighthouse. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Calcanhar Lighthouse (Portuguese: Farol do Calcanhar), also known as Touros Lighthouse and formerly named Olhos D'Agua, is an active lighthouse in Touros, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. At a height of 203 feet (62 m) it is the nineteenth tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world, as well as the tallest in Brazil, and one of the tallest concrete lighthouses in the world.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.