The lighthouses of the Black Sea

Collection title

Thalassa : le magazine de la mer

ID

INA00109

Source

INA (FR)

First broadcast date

04/29/2005

Production year

2005

Abstract

This is an unfamiliar story, that of the white lighthouses of the Black Sea. In Turkey, these lighthouses were born from the imagination of one man, a French, named Michel Pacha. In the nineteenth century, Michel Pacha, whose real name was Marius Michel, was Captain on behalf of the Messageries Maritimes and sailed in the East. Following a shipwreck, he designed a lighting system for the Black Sea coast.

Type

video

Production companies

• France 3 - Own production

Broadcaster

FTV - F3

Audiovisual form

Magazine

Personalities

• Marius Michel

Primary theme

Fishing and harbour activities

Secondary themes

• Historical heritages / Ottoman Empire
• Tourism and cultural sites / Architecture
• Economy / Techniques and technologies

Credits / Cast

• Bontemps Sophie - Journalist
• Bastion Jérôme - Journalist

Period of events

• From 1850 to 1900

Map locations

• Turkey - Black sea province - Kerempe

Original language

French

Media running time

13m44