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Abkhazia's Red Lighthouse that has shined for 200 years. Video

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At the end of the 19th century, French engineer Ernest Guen created a unique steel lighthouse 37 meters high. It was brought to the then Russian Empire and installed on the Sukhum Cape.

Today in Abkhazia, everyone knows the Krasny Mayak (Red Lighthouse) area. Rusty, with electric lanterns in place of the original oil lamp, it now lays derelict, both a lighthouse and a landmark.

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