{"id":4767,"date":"2016-11-09T19:21:37","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T18:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madamagazine.com\/?p=4767"},"modified":"2020-11-07T12:20:06","modified_gmt":"2020-11-07T11:20:06","slug":"the-lighthouse-of-nosy-nato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madamagazine.com\/en\/the-lighthouse-of-nosy-nato\/","title":{"rendered":"The lighthouse of Nosy Nato"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4768\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4768\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.madamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Leuchtturm-Nosy-Nato-3.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4768\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4768 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Leuchtturm-Nosy-Nato-3-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Leuchtturm von Nosy Nato\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Leuchtturm-Nosy-Nato-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.madamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Leuchtturm-Nosy-Nato-3.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4768\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inside the lighthouse you can guess its age<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the southern tip of the paradise island, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.madamagazine.com\/nosy-nato\/\">Nosy Nato<\/a> on the east coast of Madagascar lies a small lighthouse, which the islanders call &#8220;Phare Bl\u00e9vec&#8221;. It was built in 1914 under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.madamagazine.com\/madagaskars-kampf-um-unabhaengigkeit\/\">French colonial power<\/a> and is one of the oldest lighthouses of Madagascar. There are only a handful of historical lighthouses in Madagascar. The one on Nosy Tanikely was probably named after the Frenchman Bertrand Hercule Bl\u00e9vec, who was twice commander of the neighbouring island <a href=\"https:\/\/www.madamagazine.com\/insel-st-marie\/\">St. Marie<\/a> (Nosy Boraha) in the 1820s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today the old lighthouse is still operated with the original materials from a hundred years ago &#8211; and with the help of two new car batteries. It shines every night and shows the ships on the sea the way. During the day, visitors can climb up the seven-meter-high lighthouse and enjoy the panorama over the island. 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