According to Russ: monumental 203.5 m (668 ft) pharos built as a memorial to Columbus (Cristoforo Colón in Spanish). The huge building, designed by the British architect J.L. Gleave, is shaped like a cross, its wings stepped back with increasing height like a pyramid. There is no navigational beacon in the usual sense; the building has 149 searchlights that project a giant cross in the sky overhead.