Khait Bai Fort - Khait Bai Fort

Japanese: カーイト・バイ城砦 - かーいとばいじょうさい
Khait Bai Fort - Khait Bai Fort

…It is a dual port with an artificial bay on both sides connected to the island of Pharos by a large jetty (heptastadion) of about 1.3 km, and the "Great Port" on the east side and the port of Eunostos (which also housed the fleet facility, the Kibotos Anchorage) on the west side, but today the roles of the two ports are reversed. At the eastern end of Pharos stood a large stone lighthouse (completed around 279 BC, by Sōstratos) about 110 meters high, 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 Bay now stands there. In French, a lighthouse is still called a phare. …

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "Qait Bai Fort" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…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。フランス語では今でも灯台をファールphareという。…

※「カーイト・バイ城砦」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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