*** About Lighthouses: Lighthouses have served as navigational aids for maritime pilots at sea, marking hazardous coastlines, dangerous shoals, reefs, rocks, and safe entries to harbors; they also assist in aerial navigation. Traditionally, the structure is a tall, tower-shaped building that is designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses. Historically, they were vital for safe and efficient travel before the advent of modern navigational systems. Their romantic and often solitary locations, combined with the heroic connotations of their keepers, have made lighthouses enduring symbols of courage, isolation, and safe guidance in literature and culture.

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