image creditBefore the development of clearly defined ports mariners were guided by fires built on hilltops. Since raising the fire would improve the visibility, placing the fire on a platform became a practice that led to the development of the lighthouse.
In antiquity, the lighthouse functioned more as an entrance marker to ports than as a warning signal for reefs and promontories, unlike many modern lighthouses. Here are 43 of the world's most stunning lighthouses.
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That is an awful photo technically, the amount of haloing around the building is crazy and I only hope this was not a professionally sold photograph.
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