Exactly ... Not coincidentally, the name comes from a martyr (Joaquim José da Silva Xavier) of a rebellion against the Portuguese empire, who happened to be a dentist, and hence his nickname...

And it's interesting to see how the Portuguese, Spanish and Italian go close ... all languages ​​of Latin origin ... of course
Although, talking things change a bit...

Really was...

So glad I could bring forth a great memory. Those waters are full of wreckage from those less fortunate than yourself.

Thank you, lincemiope! Here's some more history:

It was built with 1,250,000 bricks baked in kilns along the James River in Virginia and brought in scows into Cape Creek where it was hauled by oxen one mile to the building site in Buxton. Its walls at the base are 14 feet of solid masonry and narrow to eight feet at the top. Weighing 6,250 tons, the lighthouse was built with no pilings under it - just a foundation built of heart pine. Towering 196 feet from the base to the top brick and then topped with an iron superstructure it become the tallest brick lighthouse on the American coast at 208 feet and at a cost of $155,000.00.

In the summer of 1999, as the ever-encroaching waters of the Atlantic Ocean threaten this stalwart structure, the Cape Hatteras Light was moved from its original location!

Thanks photogirl. This is actually right in the City but you can never tell from this photo.

Thanks friiskiwi. December would be a good time as it is less hot and also you have the lights of Christmas then. Other attractions there include the huge air-conditioned flower dome and the vertical garden with an indoor waterfall.