You've heard of Carthage, right? The place that the warrior and conqueror and rock-breaker Hannibal came from?
Well, presently, Carthage is on the Tunisian coast, officially east of Tunisia and west of Sicily. And that's where the Sidi Bou Saïd lighthouse is located.
See where that is here; zoom out to get the full coastal setting.
When I found this lighthouse, I found out it's the oldest lighthouse in Tunisia. That came from, where else, the Lighthouse Directory. And that's where I also acquired the following information:
"1840. Active; focal plane 146 m (479 ft); white flash every 4 s. 12 m (39 ft) round cylindrical tower with lantern and gallery. Tower painted white with a black band at the top; lantern and gallery painted black. ... This lighthouse, Tunisia's oldest, stands atop a high hill at the northern entrance to the Bay of Carthage (now the Bay of Tunis). The hill is called Jebel el-Manar, "Fire Mountain," because fires were built here as long ago as Phoenician times to guide sailors into the bay."
There aren't a lot of pictures of this one in the online world; here's three.
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