years before the site became linked to the telephone network. In the following decades new improvements were installed at the site, including the expansion of the lighthouse and in the upgrade of the beacon with a 1000 W, 120 Volt lamp (in 1983). In 1968, the parish priest (João de Jesus Lourenço) acquired for 1000$00 escudos, with the intent of expanding the number of lighthouse-keepers. in the 1980s, the lamp was replaced with metallic 1000 Watt/120 Volt halogen lamp. Yet, by 2005, it was the unique lighthouse in the country not linked to the national electrical network. References Notes Sources Lighthouses completed in 1925 Ponta Albernaz Buildings and structures in Santa Cruz das Flores