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<p>[QUOTE="svessien, post: 6237031, member: 15481"]Congratulations, David!</p><p><br /></p><p>Wow, you’re hauling in those great white whales.... This one made me jealous too <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I hope to be able to share a white whale within this year. Now I have to do with a holy grail, and the lighthouse of Khanya, Greece. Not that far from Alexandria, but younger and smaller. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1246761[/ATTACH]</p><p><i>The original Venetian lighthouse was built around the late 16th century to protect the harbour. A chain could be connected from the base of the lighthouse to the fortress of Firkas in oder to close the harbour. </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>During the Turkish occupation the lighthouse fell into disrepair and was eventually rebuilt between 1824 and 1832 in the form of a minaret. The modern lighthouse is often referred to as ' Egyptian' because it was built during a time where Crete was occupied by Egyptian troops who were supporting the weakening Ottoman Empire against the rebelious Cretans.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="svessien, post: 6237031, member: 15481"]Congratulations, David! Wow, you’re hauling in those great white whales.... This one made me jealous too :D I hope to be able to share a white whale within this year. Now I have to do with a holy grail, and the lighthouse of Khanya, Greece. Not that far from Alexandria, but younger and smaller. [ATTACH=full]1246761[/ATTACH] [I]The original Venetian lighthouse was built around the late 16th century to protect the harbour. A chain could be connected from the base of the lighthouse to the fortress of Firkas in oder to close the harbour. During the Turkish occupation the lighthouse fell into disrepair and was eventually rebuilt between 1824 and 1832 in the form of a minaret. The modern lighthouse is often referred to as ' Egyptian' because it was built during a time where Crete was occupied by Egyptian troops who were supporting the weakening Ottoman Empire against the rebelious Cretans.[/I][/QUOTE]
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