Wanderlust World Wanderlust World Lights have graced Paris' Eiffel Tower since 1900, when an installation was added to the structure as part of the Universal Exposition of the same year. In 1925, French automobile manufacturer Citroën paid to have its name displayed in lights on the tower. A number of lighting applications were installed on the structure throughout the 20th Century. A "diamond dress" of 20,000 light bulbs and beacons were added to the tower for the millennium. In 2004, these lights were all turned red in honor of the Chinese New Year, and in 2008 the tower went blue to honor French President Nicolas Sarkozy's term as head of the European Union.
In 1932, the Empire State Building was used to announce via spotlight to everyone within 50 miles that Franklin D. Roosevelt had won the election and was to become the next president of the United States. "Freedom Lights" were installed on the structure in 1956. In 1976, the building was lit in red, white and blue to mark the American bicentennial. The structure has a full schedule of colored lights in 2010, each of which corresponds to calendar events. For instance, on December 1, the lighting feature of the building turns red in honor of World AIDS Day. The building is red, orange and yellow for Thanksgiving and red, pink and white for Valentine's Day. It assumes the color of the winning Super Bowl team the day after the game.
Pharos Lighthouse of Alexandria is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Pharos Lighthouse stood on Pharos Island, near Alexandria in northern Egypt, and was erected in the 3rd Century BC to help sailors navigate the difficult harbor at Alexandria in the dark. Ancient texts describe a fire, constantly burning, atop the lighthouse that could be seen for 100 miles. Education resource Tour Egypt doubts the veracity of this statement, but it points out that the lighthouse was a popular tourist destination in its day and stood approximately 300 feet tall. The lighthouse was destroyed by an earthquake in the 14th Century AD.