The Egyptian lighthouse in the Venetian harbor of Rethymno, Crete, Greece.
The lighthouse of the Venetian harbor of Rethymno is the second largest remaining Egyptian lighthouse in Crete, after the lighthouse of Chania harbor. It is built on the edge of the old sea wall of Rethymno and it can be accessed very lighthouse you see today was built by the Egyptians during the decade of 1830, when the Turks handed Crete to the Egyptians. Possibly there was an older Venetian lighthouse at the site, just like Chania 1864, the lighthouse came under the supervision of the French Lighthouse Company and today it’s not working. The overall height of the lighthouse tower is 9 meters.
Size: 4608px × 2968px
Location: Venetian harbor, Rethymno, Crete, Greece
Photo credit: © Mieneke Andeweg-van Rijn / Alamy / Afripics
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