Talk:Tower of Hercules

message: The tower is inside the city. There is no statue of breogan nowhere nearby and the tower has entirely nothing to do with breogan whatsoever. It was no "rebuilt" by the romans, there was nothing previously there.
Disagreement.
I must disagree. It is true that the tower is inside the city, but the nearmost buildings lay at a distance of somewhat 300 m. from the tower. 
There IS a statue of Breogan, at the bottom of the road leading to the tower, and, according to Ireland's legends, it was from an ancient tower in this place that Breogan's son, Ith, saw Ireland to go and inhabit it. 
I agree with your last statement, there is no evidence that there was anything there before the tower, but there is neither evidence that there wasn't.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.51.52.8 (talk) 21:15, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Inside the city

message: Anybody know if those marks on the walls were windows that got filled in, or simply ornamental? --24.21.149.124 (talk) 06:54, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I was there once and I can tell you that there is no trace of such big windows in the interior. I doubt the structure could support them either, they'll had to be enormous. I assume they were added in the 18th cent restoration as purely ornamental but I don't have the required written source to back it.--Menah the Great (talk) 12:23, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Filled-in windows?

message: One of the things this article is missing is some indication of the current view of the purpose of the lighthouse, which is not at all clear.
Out of interest all the articles relating to navigation in Roman or pre-Roman times could reasonably be said to be weak (not through want of effort) for example, although the lighthouse is said definitely to be Roman, in the article on the lighthouse itself it is still said to have been built OR REBUILT by Trajan, and is probably based on the architecture of the Alexandrian lighthouse. However the attractive, large natural harbour which lies close by is said to be perhaps originally pre Roman.
Turning to a modern pilot (Royal Cruising Club Pilotage Foundation - Atlantic Spain and Portugal Imray, Laurie etc 2000) the book says of a passage up the Portugese Coast (with IMV good reason) "The passage Northwards is tedious even in early summer, and if it must be made it is worth considering taking a dog leg out to the Azores" (In an historical context that brief comment gives rise to considerable thought) Coming South the book advises "and many take advantage of the prevailing Northerly winds to slide past the whole coast as quickly as possible." 
  
Thus if the lighthouse at A Coruna was approached up the Portugese coast the vessels must have been capable of sailing into wind, not as frequently depicted, and the lighthouse itself is in a rather odd position, being on the East West coast of Northern Spain and nowhere near Cabo Finistere where it would provide indication of safe haven for those travelling Northwards. For anyone who has even considered navigaiton up that coast in a relatively small vessel any suggestion that the passage may have been regularly attempted by a rowing vessel such as a galley is almost laughable.
For those approaching along the Northern Spanish coast it is again in the wrong place, being invisible until relatively close at hand.
It would however provide a most useful guide for those approaching from the West or North West, being both in a meaningful position and clearly visible.
Since the building of the lighthouse must have been a considerable labour, and keeping it alight no small task, ISTM that the question of it's purpose belongs in the article.
Drg40 (talk) 13:41, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The lighthouse is pre-Roman, Roman modernized what already existed but was called up to the nineteenth century lighthouse Brigantia also noteworthy that this oriented boats coming Atlantic, its purpose at the time is unclear, but Roman origin is not.  Is a celtic tower that was modernized by the Romans, but not Roman.  Even we do not know if it was a lighthouse before, but if it was tower of Brigantia
--Bretema7 (talk) 21:48, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  But what was it for? 

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