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- Title
Analysis of the Tower of Hercules, the World's Oldest Extant Lighthouse.
- Authors
Elizalde, Rubén Rodríguez
- Abstract
The Tower of Hercules is an icon of the city where it is located, A Coruña, and it is supposed to be the world's only surviving Roman lighthouse. Its function continues today: it provided a warning to shipping in antiquity and continues to do so now, in the 21st century. Furthermore, it is a paradigmatic case of architectural intervention in an ancient monument: in the 18th century, the Spanish engineer Eustaquio Giannini restored the tower, applying scientific criteria and maintaining the authenticity of the monument. For all these reasons, the Tower of Hercules is an exceptional benchmark through which the development and evolution of the different signaling and navigation aid systems can be studied from the beginning of our era to the present day.
- Subjects
ENGINEERS; LIGHTHOUSES; EIGHTEENTH century; AIDS to navigation; TWENTY-first century
- Publication
Buildings (2075-5309), 2023, Vol 13, Issue 5, p1219
- ISSN
2075-5309
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/buildings13051219