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  2. Andros - Wikipedia

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    Andros (Greek: Άνδρος, pronounced) is the northernmost island of the Greek Cyclades archipelago, about 10 km (6 mi) southeast of Euboea, and about 3 km (2 mi) north of Tinos. It is nearly 40 km (25 mi) long, and its greatest breadth is 16 km (10 mi).

  3. List of lighthouses in Greece - Wikipedia

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    The structure is unpained. The Venetian lighthouse of the Port of Rethymnon is the second largest Egyptian Lighthouse of Crete, after the lighthouse of Chania. [5] Sidero (Corfu) Lighthouse: Ionian Sea: Ionian Islands: Corfu: 1828 8 metres (26 feet) 78 metres (256 feet) Also known as Corfu Lighthouse It emits two, white flashes every 6 seconds.

  4. Andros (town) - Wikipedia

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    Andros (Greek: Άνδρος), also called Chora (Χώρα, "main town"), is a town and a former municipality on the island of Andros, in the Cyclades, Greece.Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Andros, of which it is a municipal unit, and shares the island of Andros with the municipal units of Korthio and Ydrousa. [2]

  5. Category:Lighthouses in Greece - Wikipedia

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  6. Lighthouse of Alexandria - Wikipedia

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    Pharos was a small island located on the western edge of the Nile Delta.In 332 BC, Alexander the Great founded the city of Alexandria on an isthmus opposite Pharos. . Alexandria and Pharos were later connected by a mole [6] spanning more than 1,200 metres (0.75 miles), which was called the Heptastadion ("seven stadia"—a stadion was a Greek unit of length measuring approximate

  7. Andros (city) - Wikipedia

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    Andros (Ancient Greek: Ἄνδρος) was the chief city of, and a polis (city-state) [1] on, the island of Andros in the Aegean Sea.The city was named after the island, which, according to tradition, derived its name either from Andreus, a general of Rhadamanthus or from the seer Andrus.

  8. Gavrio - Wikipedia

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    Gavrio (Greek: Γαύριο), Andros is the first port to the Cyclades. This traditional village, with ruins dating to the Hellenistic Period, is on the southwest side of Andros and 37 nautical miles (69 km) from the Attica port of Rafina (1–2 hours by ferry). [2]

  9. History of lighthouses - Wikipedia

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    However, Themistocles had earlier established a lighthouse at the harbour of Piraeus connected to Athens in the 5th century BC, essentially a small stone column with a fire beacon. [3] Lesches, a Greek poet (c. 660 BC), mentions a lighthouse at Sigeion in the Troad. This appears to have been the first light regularly maintained for the guidance ...

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