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The lighthouse, an indefatigable watchman, ceaselessly guides boats to their ports.This beacon of maritime signalisation has guided sailors since antiquity.The first known lighthouse appeared on the island of Pharos, and was the remarkable Lighthouse of Alexandria; however, it seems that volcanoes like Stromboli and its frequent eruptions were possibly at the origin of this invention, as the fires guided boats to their shores. Faced with the increasing development of modern navigational aids, these lone sentinels do not hold the same functional importance today. However, this work emphasises not only their role as a major architectural development, but also the place that they hold in the cultural heritage of the world. From the Lighthouse of the Whales (France) to the Lighthouse at the End of the World (Tierra del Fuego,Argentina), and passing by the Lighthouse of Green Island (Canada) and the Bell Rock Lighthouse (Scotland), this work invites the reader to rediscover the richness of these witnesses of other times.
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Table of contents
1LIGHTHOUSES
2© Confidential Concepts, Worldwide, USA
3List of Illustrations
4AFRICA
5Cast iron, height: 8 m. Port Shepstone, South Africa.
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6rocky coastline.
7Kommetjie, Western Cape, South Africa.
8Three flashes every 40 seconds.
9Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
10ASIA
11One white flash every 4 seconds.
12Telaga Harbour Lighthouse.
13Concrete, height: 14 m. Taiwan, China.
14EUROPE
15p. 50-51: Ricasoli (foreground) and St. Elmo Lighthouses, 1908 (both).
16One white flash every 3 seconds, range: 3.5 nautical miles.
17experiment with early forms of electric lighting. The current
18Harilaid Peninsula, Saaremaa, Estonia.
19Rhodes, Greece.
20Barra, Portugal.
21The lighthouse at Cabo de Palos towers a proud eighty-
22Cartagena, Murcia, Spain.
23offers an unobstructed view of the vast Baltic Sea.
24One white flash every 20 seconds, range: 24 nautical miles.
25One 6-second white flash every 2 seconds.
26every four seconds.
27The Pilsum Lighthouse sits on the German island of Borkum. It
28White light, range: 12 nautical miles.
29Azores, Portugal. Three white flashes every 20 seconds.
30an engineer from Cumbria in north-western England. An
31Range: 14 nautical miles.
32Authority for England, Wales and other British territorial waters.
33since 1996.
34Over the years, the Lindesnes lighthouse underwent many
35White light, range: 10 nautical miles.
36different from other lighthouses thanks to the semicircular stone
37Two flashes every 7.5 seconds, white or red depending on direction.
38NORTH AMERICA
39site currently houses a small naval history museum that proudly
40After years of petitioning, the North Cape Lighthouse on Prince
41to construct. Since the construction of the lighthouse, the cliff
42Located on the south-eastern tip of Cape Cod, Chatham Light
43One 3-second red flash every 3 seconds.
44Ludington, Michigan, U.S.A.
45National Park Service.
46observation of the seas.
47In 2006, the United States Army Corps of Engineers began
48The Boston Light on Little Brewster Island in Boston Harbour
49Standing sixty-three metres tall, Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is
50Two white flashes every 5 seconds.
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