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Lighthouses of Greece; List of Greek lighthouses that are historical structures; Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Greece: Aegean Islands". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Greece: Crete". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Rowlett, Russ.
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The first wooden lighthouse of Patras was built in the dock of Agios Nikolaos in 1858 and was destroyed by a storm in 1865. [3] The old stone lighthouse was built in 1878. It covered a surface of 4-5 square meters, while its height was 17 meters. [4] It was demolished in 1972 in the period of the military junta during the port's modernization.
Visentico / Sento/Flickr Strikingly tall structures perched on rough windswept coastlines hearkening back to an earlier seafaring time in history, lighthouses are a constant source of fascination for
Built in 1915, the Peggy's Point Lighthouse in Nova Scotia fits the bill and is among the most photographed lighthouses in Canada. Scramble over the rocks to savor the scenic coast and explore the ...
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
Akrotiri Lighthouse is a 19th-century lighthouse on the Greek island of Santorini. [1] The lighthouse was built by a French company in 1892, making the lighthouse one of the oldest in Greece. The lighthouse ceased operating during World War II. The Greek Navy recommissioned the lighthouse in 1945. The lighthouse is famed for its sunset views ...
The headland of Cape Maleas, known for its treacherous weather, with the lighthouse in the foreground to the right. Cape Maleas (also Cape Malea; Greek: Ακρωτήριον Μαλέας, colloquially Καβομαλιάς, Cavomaliás), anciently Malea (Ancient Greek: Μαλέα) [1] and Maleae or Maleai (Μαλέαι), [2] [3] is a peninsula and cape in the southeast of the Peloponnese in Greece.