Cape Trafalgar (/trəˈfælɡər/; Spanish: Cabo Trafalgar [ˈkaβo tɾafalˈɣaɾ]) is a headland in the Province of Cádiz in the southwest of Spain. The 1805 naval Battle of Trafalgar, in which the Royal Navy commanded by Admiral Horatio Nelson decisively defeated Napoleon's combined Spanish and French fleet, took place just off the cape. The most prominent structure on the cape is a 34-metre-high (112 ft) lighthouse (totaling 51 metres or 167 feet above sea level), the faro de Cabo Trafalgar, which was first illuminated on 15 July 1862.