Torre de Hércules – the oldest active lighthouse in the world | Spain

Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored No Comments

The Torre de Hércules (Tower of Hercules) is the oldest active lighthouse in the world, a 55-metre Roman lighthouse built in the late 1st century AD on a rocky headland in A Coruña, Galicia, northwestern Spain, that has been guiding ships into the harbour continuously for over 1,900 years. Declared a UNESCO World heritage site […]

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The Needles – very impressive columns of chalk on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom

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The Needles pierce the horizon off the western tip of the Isle of Wight, three white chalk stacks rising from a churning sea. A fourth pillar collapsed in a storm in 1764, leaving behind the jagged formation that gives this landmark its name. The Alum Bay cliffs behind them stripe the coastline in shades of […]

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