Peristeres Pharos[/caption]This is the Peristeres (Pigeons) Lighthouse. It is somewhere between Ksamil and Corfu and it was built by the British during their rule of the Ionian islands, circa 1828. The first light may have been a simple column holding a beacon. It signaled the entrance to the narrow passage between Corfu and the mainland. By 1872 the beacon needed to be replaced and a sturdy stone tower was built. Unfortunately, the 1982 lighthouse is now in ruins due to earthquakes and attacks by German bombers during World War II. Still the Hellenic Lighthouse Service keeps a small modern beacon on the site.
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