Port Said Light House

The Port Said Lighthouse is one of the most important architectural and tourist landmarks in the city of Port Said. It is Considered a unique example for the evolution of architecture during the nineteenth century in the city, the lighthouse was designed by French engineer François Coignet at the request of the Khedive of Egypt and Sudan, Ismail the Magnificent.

Construction was completed in 1869, one week prior to the inauguration of the Suez Canal and it was built to guide ships passing through the canal.

The lighthouse has an octagonal shaped tower that is 56 meters high.

Nothing of the original Port Said infrastructure remains except for the lighthouse. The buildup of silt along the coast of the port has left the lighthouse inland, where it can no longer serve its original purpose of guiding ships. In January 2011, the Port Said lighthouse was officially registered as a national monument in Egypt.