{"id":88420,"date":"2026-10-13T21:30:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T19:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/?post_type=contenido&#038;p=88420"},"modified":"2026-10-13T21:30:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T19:30:51","slug":"punta-da-barca-lighthouse-muxia","status":"publish","type":"contenido","link":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/post\/punta-da-barca-lighthouse-muxia","title":{"rendered":"Punta da Barca Lighthouse: Mux\u00eda&#8217;s beacon beside the sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At <strong>Punta da Barca<\/strong>, where Mux\u00eda faces the Atlantic, a small white tower stands beside one of Galicia&#8217;s most evocative coastal sanctuaries. This is <strong>Punta da Barca Lighthouse<\/strong>, also called the Mux\u00eda beacon: a modest maritime landmark set against the powerful ocean and granite rocks of the <strong>Costa da Morte<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Built in <strong>1926<\/strong>, the cylindrical beacon marks the southern side of the entrance to the Camari\u00f1as estuary. Its white light forms part of the maritime navigation network along this historically seafaring shore. Across the water, the more imposing Faro Vil\u00e1n makes the view especially memorable.<\/p>\n<p>Just a few steps away stands the <strong>Virxe da Barca Sanctuary<\/strong>, linked to the pilgrimage tradition and to the legends of Pedra de Abalar and Pedra dos Cadr\u00eds. Here, maritime history, religious heritage and a dramatic Atlantic landscape come together in a remarkable setting.<\/p>\n<p>The beacon is easily reached on foot from the centre of <strong>Mux\u00eda<\/strong> towards the sanctuary. Stay on safe paths and enjoy the coastal views, but keep well clear of exposed rocks when waves are high: the sea at Punta da Barca demands respect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explore Punta da Barca Lighthouse in Mux\u00eda, a historic 1926 beacon beside the Virxe da Barca Sanctuary and the Atlantic coast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":41764,"template":"","concellos-contenido":[326],"categorias-contenido":[251],"class_list":["post-88420","contenido","type-contenido","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","concellos-contenido-muxia-en","categorias-contenido-faros-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contenido\/88420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contenido"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/contenido"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"concellos-contenido","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/concellos-contenido?post=88420"},{"taxonomy":"categorias-contenido","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitacostadamorte.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categorias-contenido?post=88420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}