Today's weathervane was photographed in Oropesa del Mar, Castellon, Spain.
Last October we visited Valencia, Spain. We visited this little lighthouse on a coastal hill in Oropesa del Mar, Spain. It is next to an old ruin from 413 AD called the Torre del Rey (The King's Tower). The lighthouse was first lit on 1 April 1857. The town of Oropesa is now a resort town, but it originally had a port that was quite busy with maritime trade. The light house was first lit with olive oil, then paraffin until it was electrified in 1924. This lighthouse is considered one of the oldest in the community of Valencia.
The weathervane on top of the lighthouse tower is very simple, just an arrow. It serves as a weather instrument, and it is mounted below an anemometer which measures wind speed and direction. The cardinal points below the vane are in Spanish - N, S, E, and O (oeste = west).
For the truly curious:
Faro de Oropesa del Mar webpage: https://oropesadelmarturismo.com/en/empresa/faro-de-oropesa-del-mar
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To cite/link to this blog post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "A Lighthouse at Oropesa, Spain for Weathervane Wednesday", Nutfield Genealogy, posted February 5, 2025, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2025/02/a-lighthouse-at-oropesa-spain-for.html: accessed [access date]).
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