Mole (architecture)
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A mole is a massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater, or causeway separating two bodies of water. A mole may have a wooden structure built on top, resembling a wooden pier. Howe
A mole at Bastia in Corsica
Painting of the Molo, Venice by Luca Carlevarijs. The Doge's Palace is shown on the left.
Oakland Long Wharf, San Francisco East Bay
Aerial view of Mole Swakopmund (Namibia) (2017)
Lighthouse of Alexandria
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria, sometimes called the Pharos of Alexandria, was a lighthouse built by the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Ancient Egypt, during the reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus. It has been esti
Mole (architecture)
…antiquity was the Heptastadion, a giant mole built in the 3rd century BC in the city of Alexandria, Egypt, to join the city to Pharos Island, where the Pharos lighthouse stood. The causeway formed a barrier separating Alexandria's oceanfront into two distinct harbours, an arrangement which had the advantage of protecting…
From the 1572 Octo Mundi Miracula, the earliest known representation of the lighthouse in modern times.
A size comparison between a 1909 (inner shape) and a 2006 study (outer shape) of the building
The lighthouse on coins minted in Alexandria in the second century AD (1: reverse of a coin of Antoninus Pius, and 2: reverse of a coin of Commodus)
Lighthouse remains found in the Mediterranean Sea