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Faro del Morro, standing on the walls of Castillo San Felipe del Morro in Old San Juan, was the first lighthouse built in Puerto Rico and became part of one of the city’s most important defensive sites. The first light at this location was built in 1846 with five parabolic reflectors, and in 1876 it was replaced by an octagonal iron tower atop the fortifications. U.S. artillery struck that tower during the Puerto Rican Campaign of the Spanish-American War on May 12, 1898. Rebuilt in 1899, demolished in 1906 because of structural problems, and rebuilt again in 1908, the lighthouse now forms part of San Juan National Historic Site.
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