Jaime Font, a Catalan engineer, developed the project for the Chipiona Lighthouse in 1862. The first stone was laid on April 30, 1863, and the light was first lit in 1867. The site had an earlier Roman-period lighthouse, ordered in 140 BC.
The tower is a tapered cylinder of cut stone, built of sandstone and oysterstone, and it is said to resemble commemorative Roman columns. It is 205 feet (62 meters) tall, and the light sits 226 feet (69 meters) above the sea. There are 344 steps up to the balcony. The base is a four-story square structure in front of a two-story white keeper's house.
The light was switched off during the war of 1898 and again in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War. It is an active landfall light for Seville, with organized tours on some days.
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