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This article is about a cape in Spain. For capes of the same name in other countries, see Cape San Antonio. For the Argentine Navy tank landing ship, see ARA Cabo San Antonio (Q-42).
Cape Sant Antoni

Cape Sant Antoni (Catalan: Cap de Sant Antoni; Spanish: Cabo San Antonio) is a cape in the town of Xàbia, on the north coast of the Alacant Province in the Valencian Land, southeastern Spain. It is located north of the town proper, south of Dénia, and forms part of the southern edge of the Gulf of València, just before it ends at the more southerly Cap de la Nau. It is backed by the Montgó Mountain, of which it is actually an extension, geologically speaking, and ends in 170-meter-high cliffs. It is included in the Costa Blanca.

It is part of the Montgó Natural Park, while the surrounding waters are part of the Cap de Sant Antoni Marine Reserve, and there are two plant micro-reserves on land, one at the north cliff face, and the other on a nearby isle. At its tip is an out-of-use lighthouse first operated in 1855, built in an area with several small buildings including a former lookout tower that formed the basis for the lighthouse. Formerly there was also a small 14th-century chapel or hermitage dedicated to Sant Antoni. As of 2020, the lighthouse is soon to be converted into an interpretation center (information center) for the Marine Reserve.

It is the mainland point closest to the island of Eivissa, which can be seen on a clear day, and actually reached by ferry from nearby Dénia.

Curious fact: from here you have a nearly clear shot by boat across the Mediterranean all the way to Beirut, Lebanon, for instance.

In literature

It has been sung by such authors as Baltasar Porcel, in his Arran de Mar (1967, literary travel book) and Vicent Blasco Ibáñez, in his novel Flor de Mayo (1895).

See also

References

  1. Cap de Sant Antoni at the official tourist website of the town of Xàbia, (in English). .
  2. Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition, p. 1037. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Incorporated, 1997.
  3. "L'hotel al far del Cap de Sant Antoni no es farà", Diari La Veu, 10-02-2016, (in Catalan). .
  4. Entry for Cap de Sant Antoni, at Endrets. Geografia Literària dels Països Catalans, (in Catalan). .
  5. Montgó Natural Park, official tourist website of the town of Xàbia, (in English). .
  6. Cap de Sant Antoni Reserve, official tourist website of Xàbia, (in English). .
  7. "L'hotel al far del Cap de Sant Antoni no es farà", Diari La Veu, 10-02-2016, (in Catalan). .
  8. "Aquells meravellosos 70... al far del cap de Sant Antoni de Xàbia", La Marina Plaça, 2-02-2020, (in Catalan). .
  9. "L'hotel al far del Cap de Sant Antoni no es farà", Diari La Veu, 10-02-2016, (in Catalan). .
  10. Entry for Cap de Sant Antoni, at Endrets. Geografia Literària dels Països Catalans, (in Catalan). .
  11. "El cap de Sant Antoni avança...", at Endrets. Geografia Literària dels Països Catalans, (in Catalan). .

External links

38°48′07″N 0°11′53″E / 38.802°N 0.198°E / 38.802; 0.198

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