About Cape Santiago Lighthouse
Cape Santiago Lighthouse is a historic Spanish-era lighthouse located at the southern tip of Calatagan Peninsula in Barangay Bagong Silang, Calatagan, Batangas. Built in 1890, it stands on Cape Santiago overlooking the Verde Island Passage and South China Sea. The red-brick tower with its lantern and adjacent keeper's house ruins is one of the oldest working lighthouses in the Philippines and a notable maritime heritage landmark in Batangas.
Visitors guide
Visitors can expect a red-brick Spanish colonial lighthouse tower with a white lantern room set on a cliff at the southernmost point of Calatagan. The site includes the main tower, ruins of the keeper's house and barracks, and open grounds overlooking Balayan Bay, Verde Island Passage and the South China Sea. The area is exposed and windswept with grassy terrain, rocky coastline and panoramic sea views. Visitors can walk around the exterior, view the tower from outside, take photographs and watch the sunset.
Key highlights
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Historic 1890 Spanish colonial red-brick lighthouse still active under the Philippine Coast Guard
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Panoramic views over Verde Island Passage and South China Sea from Cape Santiago point
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Well-preserved 19th-century tower designed by Magin Pers y Pers and Guillermo Brockman
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Ruins of the original keeper's house and barracks adjacent to the tower