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1927 The house

A keeper's house, whitewashed every spring.

Four generations, one fig tree, a cistern that became a pool. The walls are the same ones Antonio Albar raised on the only flat piece of the cliff.

A whitewashed house shaded by a vine growing over its terrace.
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Four chapters

  1. 1927

    1927A house for the keeper

    Antonio Albar, keeper of the light on the point, builds a house for his family on the only flat piece of the cliff. Lime walls, one storey, a cistern for rain.

  2. 1968

    1968An uncle and a glass corner

    The lamp is automated and the family stays. An uncle adds a top floor with a glass corner to watch the boats — today, the room called Mirador.

  3. 2004

    2004Closed, but not empty

    The last Albar moves to the city. The house is shut for two decades; the fig tree keeps growing, and the neighbours keep the key.

  4. 2023

    2023Nine rooms, one table

    Inés, the keeper's great-granddaughter, comes back. Nine rooms, a saltwater pool where the cistern was, and a dinner table for four nights a week.

A blue wooden door set into a thick whitewashed wall.
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A single black chair against a white wall, with a sharp line of shadow.
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Lime, not paint: it breathes, it cracks a little, and every March we do it again.

Who's here

The people

  • Inés Albar

    Runs the house. Knows every tide table by heart.

  • Tomás Rueda

    Cooks four nights a week, fishes the other three.

  • Lucía Marín

    Breakfast, the garden, and the kayaks — in that order.

Come and see it for yourself.

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