An Almost-Forgotten Piece of Marine Architecture in Italian East Africa: The Cape Guardafui Lighthouse and the Fascist Reception of Pharos

Federico Ugolini

doi:10.1007/s11457-023-09371-6

An Almost-Forgotten Piece of Marine Architecture in Italian East Africa: The Cape Guardafui Lighthouse and the Fascist Reception of Pharos

Federico Ugolini

Mediterranean Sea Research Center of Israel

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Abstract

An almost-forgotten piece of Italian fascist architecture still stands in Somalia at the easternmost point of the Horn of Africa. This is a lighthouse in the shape of fascio littorio, built in 1930. During this period, fascist architecture boomed across Italy and its style influenced and reached the colonies from Libya to the Italian East Africa, as a medium to develop thalassocratic ambitions and to challenge competitors. This paper offers an original view on the real purpose of this controversial marine structure, by exploring its fascist use of Classical elements.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	649-664
Number of pages	16
Journal	Journal of Maritime Archaeology
Volume	18
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11457-023-09371-6
State	Published - Dec 2023

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Keywords

Cape Guardafui
Fascist architecture
Italian East Africa
Lighthouse
Somalia

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