What is the oldest lighthouse in the world still in use?

July 27, 2020October 25, 2011 by Pamela Landy

The Tower of Hercules, outside La Coruna, Spain is the oldest lighthouse still in use.

The 185-foot-tall working lighthouse dates from the reign of the Roman emperor Traj an, A.D. 98-117.

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