Replica of Lighthouse of Alexandria - Ostrava, Czech Republic
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Replica of Lighthouse of Alexandria in Miniuni outdoor complex
Waymark Code: WMTZCJ
Location: Moravskoslezský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 01/27/2017
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Miniuni is outdoor complex with models of famous buildings from around the world. Models are built in a scale of 1:25. Railway tracks with garden trains criss-cross throughout the entire complex. Indian playgrounds are prepared for children. Numerous educational and interesting programmes are held each year for children and their parents.
The Lighthouse of Alexandria, sometimes called the Pharos of Alexandria , was a lighthouse built by the Ptolemaic Kingdom between 280 and 247 BC which was between 120 and 137 m (394 and 449 ft) tall.[citation needed] One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, it was one of the tallest man-made structures in the world for many centuries. Badly damaged by three earthquakes between AD 956 and 1323, it then became an abandoned ruin. It was the third longest surviving ancient wonder (after the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus and the extant Great Pyramid of Giza) until 1480, when the last of its remnant stones were used to build the Citadel of Qaitbay on the site. In 1994, French archaeologists discovered some remains of the lighthouse on the floor of Alexandria's Eastern Harbour.[1] The Ministry of State of Antiquities in Egypt has planned, as of late 2015, to turn submerged ruins of ancient Alexandria, including those of the Pharos, into an underwater museum.
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