Patras Lighthouse
Location | Agios Andreas, Patras, Municipality of Patras, Greece |
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Coordinates | 38°14′42″N 21°43′32″E / 38.245078°N 21.725590°E |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1880 (original) |
Construction | stone tower |
Height | 13 metres (43 ft) |
Shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern rising from 1-story keeper's house[2] |
Markings | unpainted white stone tower |
Light | |
First lit | 1999 (replica) |
Deactivated | 1972 (original demolished)[1] |
Characteristic | decorative light |
Patras Lighthouse (
Saint Andrew
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History
The first wooden lighthouse of Patras was built in the dock of Agios Nikolaos in 1858 and was destroyed by a storm in 1865.military junta during the port's modernization.
In 1999 the coastal zone council decided to rebuild the lighthouse in a southern location near
Saint Andrew's cathedral. The reconstructed Patras lighthouse does not have a maritime usage but is one of the city's symbols and main sights. In the ground level there is a café – bar – restaurant, while in the surrounding area there is a seaside park, as well as free parking space.[1]
Gallery
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Lighthouse of Patras illuminated at night.
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Patras Lighthouse.
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Patras Lighthouse park.
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The original site of the lighthouse, Agios Nikolaos Pier.
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Agios Nikolaos Pier by Vasileios Hatzis.
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Agios Nikolaos Pier in 1876.
See also
- List of lighthouses in Greece
- Saint Andrew of Patras
- Archaeological Museum of Patras
References
- ^ a b "Patras lighthouse – Faros". patrasinfo.com. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southern Greece". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ^ "The old lighthouse of Patras harbour". faroi.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "Το λιμάνι και η οικονομία του - 2ο Γυμνάσιο Πατρών - Πρόγραμμα Τοπικής Ιστορίας ΙΜΕ". local.e-history.gr. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
External links
- Patras Lighthouse in Lighthouse Digest's Lighthouse Explorer Database
- Patras lighthouse
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