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A small hexagonal tower on a rock in the sea, off the El Max shore.
- 1The hexagonal tower on its rocky islet
- 2The view from the El Max shore
Arabic Wikipedia, citing the Lighthouses of Egypt site, says the El Max lighthouse stands on a small rocky islet off the shore west of El Max, and was built in 1894, 11 metres tall, as a hexagonal concrete tower with a conical dome.
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It adds, citing Al-Masry Al-Youm, that the lighthouse was taken out of service in 1908, when the approach line to the harbour changed, and has been neglected since; it can be reached only by boat, and the tower is closed.
Ahram Gate reported the director of Islamic antiquities in Alexandria as saying the historic El Max lighthouse is not registered as a monument. The photograph’s file page on Wikimedia Commons calls it the ancient Pharos of Alexandria, which is wrong: the ancient lighthouse stood where Qaitbay Citadel is.
