Lighthouse - this word evokes beautiful associations: sea adventures, storms, huge ships. And we do not want to dispel these thoughts, but rather to add fuel to the fire. There is a great amount of them in the world, they are striking by their beauty and inimitable. Today we are sharing with you the quintet of amazing lighthouses!
It would be a strange amiss to start a selection not with the Lighthouse of Alexandria. It seems that this guiding beacon only comes to mind when mentioning about lighthouses or miracles. Thus, the seventh wonder of the world got its name from the city of Alexandria (which, in its turn, was named after Alexander the Great). Construction of the Lighthouse of Alexandria dates back to the fourth century BC, but the system of signal lights appeared only in the first century BC. Creator of this masterpiece of engineering and architectural art is considered Sostratus, a native of Knidos. The height was approximately 400-600 feet. This epic monument helped ancient mariners for 1500 years in a row, but underground tremors gradually destroyed it, and the earthquake in 1326 was fatal. In 1994 the architects found the remains and, with aid of computer simulation, managed to restore it as accurately as possible.Photo pinterest.com
TheKéréon Lighthouse (Le Phare de Kéréon) is among the small class of lighthouses carrying the moniker "hell", due to a remote position in rough seas. It is built on the pitfall of Men Tensel, and its construction was very difficult due to extreme conditions and strong currents. Inside the lighthouse there is something to see: a staircase is decorated with mosaics, oak parquet made from mahogany and ebony wood, panels in Hungarian oak in the hall. This is the last guiding beacon which had its own light keeper. In 2004 the lighthouse was closed forever to humans, it is now modernised and completely automated.Photofarm5.static.flickr.com
The lighthouse tower Le Four is located near France far in open sea. There is no point to talk about it much. The building is able to withstand waves of 30 meters height, it is classifies it as a "hell". In addition, this iconic emblem of sea-travel is incredibly beautiful.Photoalp.org.ua
Yokohama Marine Tower is today one of the highest and most powerful lighthouses in the world, that is even recorded in the Guinness Book of Records. Another fact is that the lighthouse is not in the water but on land. The history of the tower is quite interesting: it opened twice, was sold/bought, closed down due to financial difficulties. It functions as a lighthouse, flashes of green or red lights can be seen for 40 kilometres in any direction every 20 seconds. Anyone can visit it, and even have snacks in a restaurant inside, as 6 of 30 floors are open to visitors. There is also a hall of ceremonies and a museum.Phototrip.com
The lighthouse Mare is the most famous lighthouse in the world. It is located in the Atlantic Ocean on the site of the most terrible shipwrecks. It took about 14 years to light up warning ships fire. For several years at Mare has changed several keepers, two of whom died. The rest went crazy, saying that during the storm they saw huge waves and from under the water they heard terrible inhuman screams tearing soul. Now the lighthouse is fully automated
Kyrgyzstan is called Middle Asian Switzerland. Mountains, rivers, waterfalls, caves, cols and green meadows aren’t a speck inferior in terms of aesthetics to European ones yet travelers haven't duly appreciated this country so far. Across-the-board exploration of the land by the state’s guests has only just begun. And alongside hotels that are being swiftly erected, ordinary yurts are still offered for residence to feel local natural.
To build a settlement on flatland - is this such a hard trick to pull off? A completely different story is when land is self-willed and rock-ribbed both directly and metaphorically speaking. People have been trying to master land and have own say in in-rock urban development for centuries. But only those who succeded in finding common ground with Earth managed to create true novels in stone.
When I, as a little girl, for the first time passed my hand over trimmed bush, my palm got scratched with sharp edges of twigs and lasting arborvitae fragrance hit my nose. Mesmerized, I was not able to take my eyes away from the cones, balls and squares that surrounded me in the park of a small resort town. I felt like being inside a fairy tale, where behind the leaves I could notice a smile of the Cheshire Cat.
What do you imagine when you hear the word "abbey"? I'm sure most people will first of all think of Westminster. But what if I said that in fact it is no longer an abbey? So what makes these medieval buildings so special? Let's look at the example of buildings from different European countries.
The Times newspaper edition recognized Ålesund as the most beautiful town in Norway. It is not without reason: wayward sea, mesmerizing northern nature, famous fjords, fabulous multi-coloured houses in the Art Nouveau style and the legendary Trolls' Path, beckon those wishing to see the stunning wild landscapes.
Ice cream with a taste of horse meat, pickled insects, fish with deadly venom, etc – Japanese cuisine has things to surprise, amaze and shock you with. And truth be told, enumeration of these dishes doesn’t help my appetite at all. But we are not after exotic stuff. True culinary tourism is an attempt to comprehend mindset and feel national distinctive color through traditional cuisine – not try most exotic dishes.
The first thing every tourist shall learn in a country is a transport system. Very often it seems to be complicated and confusing, and it takes weeks or even months to make head or tail of it. OUTLOOK reader Natalia Usenko visited Japan and is sharing her impressions about the most comfortable and safest transport in the world.
Each of us wants to escape rush of a city from time to time and lie low somewhere far from everything and anything. And it better be a place where one can listen to whisper of waves, feel light breeze and forever make friends with inimitably loud silence that muffles every disturbing thought…
First exhibition of paintings in the world’s most visited museum the Louvre was opened on 1793. But its building was well-known far beyond France, though the edifice was not used with such lofty cultural purposes.
In Japan there is a city with the citizens who trust each other. It seems that they drink water from one source that flows along their houses. As well, they wash hands after the meals in the same places. Satoyama in translation means an ideal place for life in harmony with the nature. It is situated in Northern prefecture Gifu that is isolated from the rest of the world with the mountain tops and rice fields.
As a child I could spend hours gazing at the sky and spying majestic flocks of birds winging their way south. For a kid this movement was a real magic. Today my bookshelf hosts almost no books about magic, though I am still excited about feathered tribes travelling in hope to land on their winter grounds.
Ice and snow has long been used by artists to create different figures and objects, and only 1960, this age-old skill became a new trend of a land art! The largest number of winter artworks is created during special festivals about which we will tell our readers.
The cold season brings not only such important things as wrapping into a reindeer sweater, drinking hot chocolate and once again reviewing Christmas comedies. Thus, sport has not been canceled yet, so OUTLLOK compiled top five ski resort bucket list for you to cheer up and get out of your winter sleep.
They build ice hotels and carve ice fountains pouring white wine, make samovars and even kerosene lamps. Photographers went even far and got the hand to use dry ice to create the effect of smoke and fog in picture. In the spirit of holidays, OUTLOOK prepared for you a selection of the world most popular ice arenas.
We are continuing our narration about the most breath-taking national reservations in Africa! There are five more primordial world areas where time hardly slowed down its running being afraid of worrying the natural harmony…
Icy island of Greenland was first discovered by the Norwegian Vikings. This fact is surprising since this nomadic tribe had enough courage to penetrate into the harsh Arctic climate. We will not delve into searching for reasons which led warlike people to edge of the earth, but supply the modern traveller with the list of core Arctic attractions with a unique Greenlandic touch.
Insanely beautiful, raw and refined Africa is exactly the place where one should plunge into a whirlpool of wild nature, taking over an unusual role of a guest in the abode of animals, not vice versa... Here you can free your mind from all artificial and imaginary stuff, feeling like a tiny speck in the vast and exciting world...
Nature and heritage are above and beyond temporary drawbacks in infrastructure and services of Kyrgyzstan, which in terms of tourism is approaching to Georgia and Armenia. Let's consider this through the example of the cosy city of Karakol.
Anton Sak moved to France so as to get high education. He has been studying at Chemistry Faculty of Le Mans Université. Today he will tell us about Le Mans, the wonderful old French city with the special brightness. It is unknown for tourists; however, it is the interesting destination in the route of avid traveler.
A thing that for tourists is a reason to click photo cameras in amazement, for local citizens is a source for constant concern and even grave danger. A chain of fire-breathing volcanoes, banded with salt lakes and thermal geysers, is believed to be one of the most astonishing spots on the planet. But one thing is to have a look and leave and completely another – to constantly ‘sit on a powderkeg’.
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