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Monday, February 10, 2014

Lighthouse of Alexandria

Lighthouse of Alexandria




Beacon or lighthouse is a tower or a building located near the beach or in the sea, and sends the light from the ports at the top of the lighthouse by Light Source Kalmsabih or brights or optical lenses currently or by a campfire in the past. The first lighthouse in history is the Lighthouse of Alexandria on the Mediterranean Sea .

Of the seven wonders were called Pharos , its location was on the tip of a peninsula , a place Pharos current Bey Citadel in the city of Alexandria in Egypt . Is the first lighthouse in the world Sostrat filed in the era of " Ptolemy II " in 270 BC. M. and rises 120 meters and destroyed in an earthquake in 1323. Historically, the Lighthouse of Alexandria , which was one of the seven wonders , has established in 280 BC . AD , in the era of " Ptolemy II " , was built by the architect Greek " Sostratos ," was the length of one hundred and twenty meters , and some believe that the stones used in the construction of the castle Bey is one of the stones Fanar devastating , and that the location of the castle is the same site of the collapsed lighthouse , has described " Masoudi ," in the year 944 AD , Al Fanar and honest description , estimated to rise by about 230 cubits . The earthquake occurred in 1303 during the reign of Sultan " al-Nasir Muhammad ," struck the eastern Mediterranean , and destroyed the defenses of Alexandria and the lighthouse walls . The description " Maqreezi ," in his plans , what happened to the city from destruction , and said that the prince " Rukn al-Din Bieber Aljchenkar " Omar has a lighthouse, any carcasses , in the year 703 AH . After the devastating earthquake half a century , visited the " Ibn Battuta " Alexandria , in his second voyage , in 1350 , he wrote , " and I went to the lighthouse , on my return to the country of Morocco , and found it was seized by the devastation , so that can not be entered or climb it; was " King Nasser ," proceeded to build a beacon Bazaúha , Fagah death for completion . " And tells of the Egyptian "son of andropause ," that when he visited the Sultan , " Ashraf Bey " Alexandria , in 1477 , ordered to be built somewhere Fanar new tower , which Maaraf later tower Bey , then bishop Bey , which still exists, even today. See a special theme and detailed Lighthouse of Alexandria .




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