Morropó

The hill where the lighthouse was built is called Punta Mulas by fishermen and navigators, but is known to the people of the town as Morropó. This name is a corruption of the French, mon repose. The story goes that a Frenchman had built a house on this hill, which he dedicated to rest and relaxation and because of this he named it, Mon Repose, (My Rest).

Puente Morropó

The Frenchman went to this house every afternoon to relax and when the coachman would ask, “Where can a take you? He would answer, to Mon Repose. The house has since fallen down and has disappeared completely, but the people continue to call the area in its Spanish form, Morropó
J. Pastor Ruiz page 147