Lighthouses

Day 192 of My Italian Learning Journal*

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In a few previous posts, I have mentioned that I live on the coast of Texas and have the good fortune to be near a large body of water, the Gulf of Mexico. I have often wondered what it would be like to live in a lighthouse. This evening I was surfing the Internet looking at some of the lighthouses in Texas and then discovered a website that catalogs lighthouses in the United States and Canada. The website has a wealth of beautiful photographs, directions, histories, and GPS coordinates. I also looked for lighthouses in Italy and found a good listing on Wikipedia. Click the links below to access the two websites. (Italian grammar corrections for the practice script below are welcome.)

• List of lighthouses in the United States & Canada.
• List of lighthouses in Italy.

Ascolta Questo:

• Penso che i fari siano interessanti.
  I think lighthouses are interesting.

• Mi chiedo se mi piacerebbe vivere in un faro.
  I wonder if I wouldlike to live in a lighthouse.

• Il Faro di Alessandria fu il primo faro del mondo e la costruzione iniziò nel 290 a.C.
  The Lighthouse of Alexandria was the first lighthouse in the world, and the construction began in 290 BC.

• Giulio Cesare menziona il Faro di Alessandria nei suoi scritti.
  Julius Caesar mentions the Lighthouse of Alexandria in his writings.

[ Grazie a francesca_It ]
[ Grazie a xBivo ]

Alla prossima!

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*Note: This is my personal journal of daily practice in learning Italian. I welcome Italian grammar corrections. Grazie.