Postcrossing card from South Africa, received in September 2015 (ZA-82884)
Cape Agulhas Lighthouse at the southernmost tip of Africa was built in 1849, in the style of the Pharos Lighthouse of Ancient Egypt.
Postcards for the Weekend 57: Lighthouses
(PS. For the same theme last year I shared a postcard of 16 lighthouses along the coast of the Netherlands, which you can see here.)
7 comments:
Hello Monica, this is such an interesting postcard sharing other points of interest for that place aside from the tower itself. It's cool how there's a postbox included on it :D
my favorite part of the card is the red mail box... somehow I don't think of Africa with lighthouses, but with all that shore line I am sure there are many. just not what Africa, the word makes me think of
As with Sandra, I don't immediately think of lighthouses when I think of Africa. Which is silly, really.
It looks a little odd, sticking up from the centre of the keeper's house.
There were lighthouses in ancient Egypt? In the time of the Pharaohs? I have read and watched a lot about ancient Egypt and never heard of this! And this is the style they were...are there any ruins left? I must Google this! Phil thinks it would be the Mediterranean Sea. Were there a lot?
I like the shape of the lighthouse and the accompanying house. And the mailbox or course immediately attracts the eyes of us, mail lovers :-)
Not lighthouses in Africa? That idea made me smile. I don't think there is any coastal country in the world without lighthouses, nowadays. Well, just in Morocco we have about twenty lighthouses...
Forgot to say that I love the postcard in general, but especially that red mailbox!
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