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What is the tallest lighthouse in America?
Cape lookout
Is Cuzco the oldest city in South America?
No. The oldest city in South America, also found in Perú, is Caral.
What is the oldest country in North Central and South America?
The oldest country in North America is Canada, due to declaring its independence from France in 1500. Mexico is the youngest country in North America, but is also one of the oldest countries in Central America, due to declaring its independence from Spain on September 16, 1810. Mexico is older than the other countries in Central America on the way to South America, except for Belize. The oldest country in South America is Brazil, due to declaring its independence from Portugal in 1650.
Which country in south and central America has the oldest stable democracy?
Venezuela (1958)
What is the oldest university in South America?
Major National University of San Marcos, Perú, founded in 1551.
What is the name of Ireland's oldest operating lighthouse?
The Hook Lighthouse on Hook Head in county Wexford, is the oldest in Ireland and one of the oldest in the world.
What is the oldest lighthouse?
the oldest lighthouse is the lighthouse of Alexandria
Is Cape Hatteras Lighthouse still in operation?
No, the Cape Hatteras lighthouse is not the oldest lighthouse anywhere, not in the state, not in the world, not in the country. The Cape Hatteras lighthouse is, though, the tallest lighthouse in the United States. Actually, it is the tallest lighthouse in North America. It is one of the tallest brick lighthouses in the world, at 193 feet tall. If it is the oldest anything, it is the oldest lighthouse in the town of Buxton, being the only lighthouse in the town of Buxton.
What is the oldest working lighthouse in N America called?
The oldest working lighthouse in North America is called Sambro; it is on Sambro Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, and was built 1758. The oldest working lighthouse in the United States is the Sandy Hook lighthouse in New Jersey, built 1765.
Where is the oldest lighthouse in Canada?
The oldest lighthouse in Canada is in Cape Spear, Doyles, Canada.
Is the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse the oldest lighthouse in North Carolina?
i think so atorly it is
Oldest lighthouse in Nova Scotia on an Island?
Sambro.
What is the Oldest land lighthouse?
light house sandy
Where is the Bell Rock lighthouse?
The Bell Rock Lighthouse, in the North sea, is the world's oldest offshore lighthouse. It is situated 18 kilometres off the coast of Angus, Scotland.
What is the oldest operating winery in the US?
Brotherhood Winery is America's oldest winery, established in 1839 by the founder of Washingtonville, NY, where it is still located (a few hours from lower Manhattan).
What is the oldest lighthouse in the UK?
The oldest lighthouse in the UK is called the Smeaton's Tower, located in Plymouth on the southern coast near Eddystone rocks. Built in 1756, its light was first lit in 1759 and it is classed as the UK's oldest lighthouse. However, it is no longer used as a lighthouse, but as a tourist attraction and a memorial to its builder. It was in use until 1877, but it was (largely) dismantled and rebuilt on Plymouth Hoe, Plymouth, when it was discovered that Eddystone Rocks, upon which it stood, were eroding.
What is the oldest currently operating bank in America?
It's probably Bank of America. While Bank of America is relatively modern, the Bank of Boston (which was bought by Fleet in 1999 which was bought by Bank of America in 2005) traces its roots to the Bank of Massachusetts founded in 1784. The Bank of Massachusetts is the second oldest bank in the country according to Wikipedia (the oldest bank is not specified). It is quite possible that the oldest bank lost its charter and its line ended.
