Ahirkapi Feneri - Istanbul, Turkey - Paintings Then and Now on Waymarking.com

The paint Ahirkapi Feneri by Diemer, Michael Zeno (1867-1939) it's in Pera Museum, Istanbul. It was painted in early 20th Century and shows the lighthouse with a different environment: nowadays a large road runs in front of it and the water is now a few dozen meters farther.

Ahirkapi ligthouse was originally built in 1755 after a terrible shipwreck. Accordingly to the tale, the Sultan was observing the rescue operations when one of the victims of the accident, a sailor, told him that if lighthouses were built along the coast, this kind of incidents would cease.

In 1857 a French company, at request of the Sultan, renovated the lighthouse and added a house for the keeper.

Further details in the following interesting article:
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Artist: Michael Zeno Diemer Date of Your Photograph: 10/15/2013 Medium of Painting: Oil on Canvas Website of painting. Exact URL of painting is required: Not listed Date of Painting: Not listed

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