Pharos

...The royal palace, government offices, and academies were concentrated in the Bourkeion district in the western half, while many Jews lived in the eastern area, forming the fourth district. The island of Pharos, located in front of the city, was connected by a large jetty (heptastadion) about 1.3 km long, creating an artificial bay on both sides. The island had a double port with the Great Port on the east side and the Port of Eunostos (which also housed the fleet facility, the Kivotos anchorage) on the west side, but the roles of the two ports are reversed today. At the eastern end of Pharos Island stood a large stone lighthouse about 110 meters high (completed around 279 BC, by Sostratos), which was counted as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, but it collapsed in 1326, and the 15th century fortress of Qait-Bai now stands.

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…王宮，官衙，学園は西半のブルケイオン地区に集中し，東域にはユダヤ人が多く住みついて第4区をつくっていた。正面沖合のファロスPharos島を約1.3kmの大突堤(ヘプタスタディオン)でつないで両側に人工的海湾を得，東側に〈大港〉，西側にエウノストス港(その中に艦隊施設キボトス泊地もあった)をもつ複式港だが，2港の主･副は今日逆転している。ファロス島東端には石造り高さ約110mの大灯台(前279年ころ竣工，ソストラトスSōstratosの作)が聳立して古代の七不思議の一つに数えられたが，1326年に倒壊し，今は15世紀のカーイト･バイ城砦が立っている。…

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