Egypt Carrying the Light to Asia, also known as Progress Carrying the Light to Asia, was a plan for a colossal neoclassical sculpture. Designed in the late 1860s by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Ba
Bartholdi's conceptual rendering for Egypt Carrying the Light to Asia. Watercolor.
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Port Said Lighthouse
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Port Said Lighthouse is one of the most important architectural and tourist landmarks in the city of Port Said in Egypt. Considered a unique example for the evolution of architecture during the ninete
Egypt Carrying the Light to Asia
…and its pedestal was to rise to a height of 48 feet (15 m). The proposed statue was declined by the Khedive, citing the expensive cost, and in 1869 the Port Said Lighthouse, designed by François Coignet, was built in the same location. The idea for a statue on the mouth of the Suez was inspired by Bartholdi's encounter…
The lighthouse in 2008
The lighthouse of Port Said in the 1930s
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