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A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses, and to serve as a navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
Lighthouses mark dangerous coastlines, hazardous shoals, reefs, and safe entries to harbors, and can assist in aerial navigation. Once widely used, the number of operational lighthouses has declined due to the expense of maintenance and use of electronic navigational systems.
Today the lighthouse is a place where many visitors go to see the amazing sunset.
In the area of Keri on the edge of a cliff overlooking the sea there is the Keri Lighthouse.
The lighthouse operated with oil until 1913. In 1916 a square tower of 10.7m height was built, in a another safer location with a focal height of 64 meters.
The first lighthouse of Cape Lakka was originally lit in 1825. It operated with olive oil and with a mirror machine with fixed parabolic mirrors. Its function was improved in 1887 and 1890, replacing the old mechanism.
To the west of Nisyros island is located the islet of Kandelioussa.
At the end of the settlement of Fiskardo there are two lighthouses, one old and one new. One is very close to the other.
The Venetian Lighthouse was built in the 16th century and the new stone lighthouse was built in 1892.
The lighthouse is easy to walk by footpaths, from the meadow or from Ano Meria.
The lighthouse is a whitewashed building that was built in 1919 and operated two years later in 1921.