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Name the First light house and the place where it is situated?

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Name the First light house and the place where it is situated?

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  1. Ruins of the world's oldest lighthouse were found in    Antalya on   Patara Beach under the sand piles. It is guessed that the upper segment of this lighthouse was as high as an apartment building having five storeys. And this segment was brought to light by the archaeologists. It is reported that Vice Admiral Özden Omek, the Commander of the Naval Forces, is deeply interested in the excavation work


  2. Not sure what the first one was. The most famous, however, and possibly the first, was the lighthouse at Pharos in Egypt. It is classed as one of the 7 Wonders of the ancient world.

  3. Lycian, Turkey, Patara's Lighthouse - Possibly the Oldest in the World (2000 years)

  4. The Great Lighthouse at Alexandria  

  5. Alexandria

    Qaitbay Fort

    At the far end of the corniche rise the crenellated walls of the Mameluk fortress built in 1480 on the site of the Alexandria lighthouse which was itself destroyed following two earthquakes in the eleventh and fourteenth centuries. The fort has for centuries stood guard over the bay and endured the battering of the White Sea, the Arabic name for the Mediterranean

    The Lighthouse of Alexandria was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

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