Faro del Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro

23°09′01″N 82°21′26″W / 23.150227°N 82.357204°W / 23.150227; -82.357204TowerConstructed1764 (first)
1818 (second)Foundation1764Constructionstone masonry towerHeight25 metres (82 ft)Shapeculindrical tower with balcony and lanternMarkingsunpainted stone tower, grey lanternOperatorParque Histórico Militar El MorroLightFirst lit1845 (current)Focal height44 metres (144 ft)Range26 nmi (48 km; 30 mi) CharacteristicFl (2) W 15s.

Faro Castillo del Morro is a lighthouse located in Havana, Cuba. It was built in 1845 on the ramparts of the Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro, an old fortress guarding the harbor of Havana. The lighthouse has a height of 25 metres (82 ft), a focal height of 44 metres (144 ft) and displays two white flashes every 15 seconds (Fl.(2) 15s).

This lighthouse was built in 1845 taking the place of the previous lighthouse system of 1820 with a twentyfour meter range. The lighhouse system was bought in the French Industrial Exposition of 1844, has sixteen lenses and a thirty three meter range.^[1] This was the first of the over ten lighthouse built during the last decades of the capitancy general of Cuba period.

• List of buildings in Havana
• Havana Harbor
• List of lighthouses in Cuba

• Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Cuba". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2010-01-28.

• Media related to Faro Castillo del Morro at Wikimedia Commons