“It is one of the iconic lighthouses of the 53 lighthouses that illuminate our coast,” Pedro Castro told Lusa, referring to the territory between the Portuguese mainland and the archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.

AMN celebrates today, through the Lighthouses Directorate, the 100th anniversary of the Albarnaz lighthouse, in a ceremony scheduled for 11 am local time (12 pm in Lisbon), which will be attended by the head of the Maritime Department of the Azores, Paulo Conceição Lopes, among others. representatives of other entities.

When asked about the future of the century-old equipment, the AMN lighthouse director responded that there is one certainty: “We will continue to have the lighthouse working.”

In the case of the Albarnaz lighthouse, located in a “very inhospitable” place on the island of Flores, the Parish Council and the Municipal Council of Santa Cruz das Flores expressed interest in building a viewpoint next to the building, with the person in charge admitting that in the future it may make a protocol for transferring the land for this use.

According to the AMN lighthouse director, the century-old lighthouse on Flores Island has three lighthouse keepers on its crew and receives free visits on Wednesday afternoons