Pharos

tower · 330 BC – 640 AD

The Pharos lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, was built under the Ptolemies between 280 and 247 BC.

Coordinates

31.21404, 29.88537

Also known as

Fort Kait Bey, Lighthouse of Alexandria (en), Pharus Alexandrina (la), Quaitbai Fort, Qâitbâi Fort, Ţābiyat Qāyitbāy, Ţābiyat Qā’itbāy, Φάρος (grc), Φάρος τῆς Ἀλεξανδρείας (grc), Александрийский маяк (ru), طابية قايتباي (ara), قلعة قايتباي (ara)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• OpenHistoricalMap · CC0 1.0
  © OpenHistoricalMap contributors
• iDAI.gazetteer (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) · CC BY
  iDAI.gazetteer, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (CC BY)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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