Lighthouse of Alexandria ऐलेक्जेन्ड्रिया का रोशनीघर

Lighthouse of Alexandria ऐलेक्जेन्ड्रिया का रोशनीघर

ऐलेक्जेन्ड्रिया का रोशनीघर प्राचीन विश्व का सात आश्चर्यो मे से एक है। इस रोशनीघर का निर्माण ईसा से ३ शताब्दी पूर्व मिस्र के द्विप फ़ेरोस पर एक प्रतीक चिह्न के रूप मे करवाया गया था। विभिन्न सोत्रो के अनुसार इसकी उंचाई ११५ मीटर से १३५ मीटर के बीच रही होगी।

Lighthouse of Alexandria

The Lighthouse of Alexandria, sometimes called the Pharos of Alexandria, was a lofty tower built by the Ptolemaic Kingdom between 280 and 247 BC and between 393 and 450 ft (120 and 137 m) tall, it was one of the tallest man-made structures on Earth for many centuries, and was regarded as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Badly damaged by three earthquakes between 956 and 1323, it then became an abandoned ruin. It was the third longest surviving ancient wonder (after the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus and the still extant Great Pyramid of Giza) until in 1480 the last of its remnant stones were used to build the Citadel of Qaitbay on the site. In 1994, French archaeologists discovered some remains of the lighthouse on the floor of Alexandria's Eastern Harbour