Learn Hardcore Spanish (Spain): Cerca del acantilado había un faro antiguo desde el que se veía casi toda la costa. - Near the cliff there was an old lighthouse from which you could see almost the whole coast.

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Cerca del acantilado había un faro antiguo desde el que se veía casi toda la costa.

Meaning

Near the cliff there was an old lighthouse from which you could see almost the whole coast.

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Breakdown of Cerca del acantilado había un faro antiguo desde el que se veía casi toda la costa.

Why is it cerca del acantilado and not just cerca el acantilado?

Because cerca is normally followed by the preposition de.

So:

And del is simply de + el.

You generally cannot say cerca el acantilado in standard Spanish.

Why is it del acantilado?

Del is the contraction of de + el.

This contraction is required in Spanish, except with proper names or titles where el is part of the name.

So here:

Why does the sentence use había instead of hubo?