The lighthouse tower is visible from afar. This is the only ancient lighthouse in Europe that still functions today. Here was the very edge of the ancient world. The lighthouse on the site where, according to legend, Hercules twice descended into the Kingdom of Hades, was erected by the Romans in the 2nd century. During its long life, the tower has undergone a number of reconstructions, initially it was more massive, on a spacious platform at the very top there was a turret for a signal fire. The exploits of Hercules date back to those ancient times when Jesus Christ was not yet born.→