For Lighthouse lovers

[Savage]

Here is an overview of Norwegian lighthouses



I also found this site with nice models of American lighthouses...

[Menydh]

Torre de Hércules, in La Coruña, Galicia (NW Spain).

I translate from the text here in Galician language:

It was build by the Romans as a lighthouse for navigation in the II century AD, as indicated by the inscription at the foot of the tower and the documented references that exist on the city of Brigantum and which reveal the existance of a lighthouse in the time of Trajanus. The tower probably lost its maritime use during the Middle Ages, becoming a fortress. It was in the XVII century when the Duke of Uceda -1682- entrusted its architectonic restauration to the Architect Amaro Antune, who built a wooden stairs that crossed the domes until reaching the higher part where he put two small towers.

During the reign of Carlos IV there took place a complete reconstruction. The Neoclassic work was finished in 1791 and was directed by Eustaquio Giannini. Before the reform, the tower was a prismatic figure over a squared base. In the outside there was a stone wall with two gates in the lower part of the tower, and assymetric windows which ran through until the top floor, and a helicoidal piece which also reached to the top. In its interior it kept an old Roman structure, though with wooden stairs from the time of the restauration, harmonizing its decoration with superior frames of doors and windows.




Click here to see big picture.

[Menydh]

A landmark that tells me that I am near to arrive home. The lighthouse at Cape La Nao, in Alicante (Spain).



A link (in Spanish) on lighthouses: http://www.farosdelmundo.com/
(click here for the pictures galleries: http://www.farosdelmundo.com/frame.p...ry2/v/concurso)

[Menydh]

A lighthouse from my childhood. Oropesa del Mar, Castelló (Spain).

[Savage]

...And the Lighthouse of Lighthouses, at Pharos



The story of the Pharos starts with the founding of the city of Alexandria by the Macedonian conqueror Alexander the Great in 332 B.C.. Alexander started at least 17 cities named Alexandria at different locations in his vast domain. Most of them disappeared, but Alexandria in Egypt thrived for centuries and continues even today.



Alexander the Great choose the location of his new city carefully. Instead of building it on the Nile delta, he selected a site some twenty miles to the west, so that the silt and mud carried by the river would not block the city harbor. South of the city was the marshy Lake Mareotis. After a canal was constructed between the lake and the Nile, the city had two harbors: one for Nile River traffic, and the other for Mediterranean Sea trade. Both harbors would remain deep and clear.



Alexander died soon after in 323 B.C. and the city was completed by Ptolemy Soter the new ruler of Egypt. Under Ptolemy the city became rich and prosperous. However, it needed both a symbol and a mechanism to guide the many trade ships into the busy harbor. Ptolemy authorized the building of the Pharos in 290 B.C., and when it was completed some twenty years later, it was the first lighthouse in the world and the tallest building in existence, with the exception of the Great Pyramid.



The lighthouse's designer was Sostrates of Knidos. Proud of his work, Sostrates, desired to have his name carved into the foundation. Ptolemy II, the son who ruled Egypt after his father, refused this request wanting his own name to be the only one on the building. A clever man, Sostrates had the inscription:

SOSTRATES SON OF DEXIPHANES OF KNIDOS ON BEHALF OF ALL MARINERS TO THE SAVIOR GODS



http://www.abc.se/~pa/publ/alexandr.htm
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestor...lighthouse.htm
http://www.greece.org/alexandria/pharos/

[Zrinski]

Croatian Lighthouses
http://www.plovput-exhibition.com/english/home.htm

There are also tourist offers to spend time in Croatian lighthouses, you can also find interesting information about each lighthouse in this page ->
http://www.lighthouses-croatia.com/

Edit: Map of all Croatian lighthouses
http://www.istrianet.org/istria/arch...ages/mapa1.gif

[Savage]

Originally Posted by Zrinski

Croatian Lighthouses
http://www.plovput-exhibition.com/english/home.htm

There are also tourist offers to spend time in Croatian lighthouses, you can also find interesting information about each lighthouse in this page ->
http://www.lighthouses-croatia.com/

Edit: Map of all Croatian lighthouses
http://www.istrianet.org/istria/arch...ages/mapa1.gif

Funny that you post a lighthouse of Split here today. Just a few hours ago ( 16.00) I meet an old friend of me, I had not seen him for a year. He just came from a ship he had worked on.

His family is from Split, and he is tall as a tower... I like that coincidence. His 3 years old son Leon would not shake hands with me, but a very nice boy, like his father, anyway...

[Gil]

Some Portuguese Lighthouses (in Portuguese "Farol")

S.Vicente Lighthouse



Peniche Lighthouse



São Pedro de Moel Lighthouse



Cape of Roca Lighthouse




And for the true lover of antiques & lighthouses, a page with old postcards with portuguese lighthouses, here:

http://home.arcor.de/klaus.huelse/HTML/PGPK/PG.HTM

[Menydh]

Cape Horn. Only the sailors who have crossed it have the right to wear a ring on their ear, present themselves before the king without taking off their hats, and piss leewards (against the wind ).

Faro del Cabo de Hornos.


Lighthouse on an island off the coast of Ushuaia


And another interesting link: http://www.lighthousefriends.com/

[Savage]

New life for lighthouses



Lindenes Fyr at the southernmost tip of Norway is the grandmother of all lighthouses in Norway. Thousands of visitors drive out to the lighthouse every year, and now many of her counterparts around the country have opened to the public.



This old lamp at the tip of the island of Tjøme used to guide ships and boats as well. It's open to visitors all year 'round.



Færder fyr is another landmark lighthouse at the opening of the Oslo Fjord. Visitors arriving by boat can already tie up and wander around the historic buildings on the rocky island where the lighthouse stands.





Dyna fyr, also in the Oslo Fjord, opened several years ago as a restaurant and location for private parties.

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[Menydh]

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