PHAROLOGY

Pharology is the study of lighthouses. The word is derived from the Greek word "pharos". One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was the wonderful lighthouse known as the Pharos at Alexandria in Egypt (an artist's impression of which is shown below). In French, a lighthouse is un phare and in Spanish it is faro. This website is dedicated to information about lighthouses.

(The Pharos, as depicted by Friedrich-Karl Zemke : "Leuchtürme Der Welt - Britische Insein, Norden, Ostsee, Kattegat", 1992, ISBN: 3-7822-0537-5, 184 pp Illus, Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft Mbh.)

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