Lighthouses

Lighthouses

By Victoria Charles
Michael Caine
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Length1h 1m

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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.

Audiobook details

GenreOther
Length1 hr 1 min
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 31, 2015
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Introduction
6NORTH AMERICA
2INTRODUCTION
7OCEANIA
3AFRICA
8CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
4ASIA
9Henri Matisse. A quest for light, colour and freedom
5EUROPE
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