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  2. List of lighthouses in Greece - Wikipedia

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    This lighthouse was built in 1892 by the French Lighthouse Company. The lighthouse initially operated with oil and radiation around 23 nmi (43 km). It was extinguished during World War II and resumed operation in 1945. In 1983 it was electrified and became fully automated in 1988. Cape Lefkada Lighthouse: Ionian Sea: Lefkada: Cape Doukato

  3. History of lighthouses - Wikipedia

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    However, Themistocles had earlier established a lighthouse at the harbour of Piraeus connected to Athens in the 5th century BC, essentially a small stone column with a fire beacon. [3] Lesches, a Greek poet (c. 660 BC), mentions a lighthouse at Sigeion in the Troad. This appears to have been the first light regularly maintained for the guidance ...

  4. Thridrangaviti Lighthouse - Wikipedia

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    [5] [6] It was completed around the start of WWII in 1939, but the lamp equipment ordered from a Danish company could not be delivered because Denmark was then occupied by Germany. As a result there was a delay of three years to install lighting, now supplied by Britain. [6] [5] The lighthouse was commissioned on 5 July 1942. [5]

  5. Lists of lighthouses - Wikipedia

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    At 82.5 metres (271 ft), Île Vierge Lighthouse (right) is the tallest lighthouse in Europe. It is also the tallest "traditional" lighthouse in the world. [4] [5] Note: Click on the country or place name of your choice in the table below to link you to lighthouses in that area.

  6. Military history of Greece during World War II - Wikipedia

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    An estimated 300,000 people died in the Great Famine (Greece) in 1941–1944. BBC News estimates Greece suffered at least 250,000 dead during the Axis occupation. [ 1 ] Historian William Woodruff lists 155,300 dead Greek civilians and 16,400 military deaths, [ 10 ] while David T. Zabecki lists 73,700 battle deaths and 350,000 civilian deaths.

  7. List of lighthouses in Albania - Wikipedia

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    The first light navigational structure in Albania was built in the north-western side of Sazan Island in 1871. More than a decade later, in 1884, a second structure was erected in Shëngjin.

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