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|agency_name = Burgoignesc Maritime Navigation Administration | |||
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| | |logo =File:Burgoignesc Maritime Navigation Administration Flag.png | ||
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|seal = File:Buesum_Wappen.png | |||
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|formed = {{Start date|df=yes|1967|10|30}} | |||
|preceding1 = Royal Burgoignesc Lighthouse Service | |||
|preceding2 = Viceimperial Burgoignesc Lighthouse Service | |||
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|jurisdiction = [[Burgundie]] | |||
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|headquarters = [[Port Diteaux]], Burgundie | |||
|employees = 326 | |||
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|parent_agency = [[Revenue Guard]] | |||
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The ''Autoritat de Navegacion Marin de Burgundie'' (Eng. Burgoignesc Maritime Navigation Administration), colloquially known as the 'Lighthouse Administration', is the agency of the [[Government of Burgundie]] that is the general lighthouse authority for [[Burgundie]]. It was responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of all navigational aid in [[Burgundie]]. Many of the posidofan (Eng. lighthouses) in [[Burgundie]] have been built and maintained by the [[Revenue Guard]] (since 1967) and its predecessors, the Viceimperial Burgoignesc Lighthouse Service (1857–1967). Before the Viceimperial Burgoignesc Lighthouse Service was established, local collectors of customs were responsible for lighthouses. As their importance to navigation has declined the [[Revenue Guard]] has upgraded many lighthouses to also be {{Wp|GPS}} and {{wp|AIS}} beacons. [[Burgundie]] is one of the few nations that still mans lighthouses and maintains the light functionality as part of its maritime navigation service. | |||
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== Etymology == | == Etymology == | ||
''Posidofan'' is Burgoignesc word for a lighthouse, stemming from the Istroyan ''Fanos Posideon'' meaning Poseidon's lamp. Posidofan denoted the difference from its predecessor the ''pila pira'' (Eng. pyre, lit. fire pile) in that is included housing accommodations for a lighthouse keeper. In the 1890s there was an attempt by the Viceimperial Burgoignesc Lighthouse Service to adopt the word ''cabine della pira'' (Eng. Lighthouse), but the traditionalists in the maritime services never used the new word and the last recorded publication of ''cabina della pira'' was on a nautical chart of Wintergen from 1904. | ''Posidofan'' is [[Burgoignesc language|Burgoignesc]] word for a lighthouse, stemming from the [[Istroyan]] ''Fanos Posideon'' meaning Poseidon's lamp. Posidofan denoted the difference from its predecessor the ''pila pira'' (Eng. pyre, lit. fire pile) in that is included housing accommodations for a lighthouse keeper. In the 1890s there was an attempt by the Viceimperial Burgoignesc Lighthouse Service to adopt the word ''cabine della pira'' (Eng. Lighthouse), but the traditionalists in the maritime services never used the new word and the last recorded publication of ''cabina della pira'' was on a nautical chart of [[Wintergen]] from [[1904]]. | ||
== History == | |||
[[File:Genova,_A_Lanterna.jpg|thumb|right|Pila pira was built in [[Port Diteaux]] first built in [[1084]].]] | |||
The first maritime navigation "lights" in [[Burgundie#History|Burgoignesc history]] were known as "fotia", the [[Istroyan]] word for fire, circa 3000BCE. These pyres were lit near villages when fishermen were not home before dark. This practice remained unchanged until Latinics set up more permanent settlements in [[Burgundie]] around the year 500CE. At that time, they introduced more permanent structures called "pila pira" (Eng. fire pile). The first ''pila pira'' was built in [[Port Diteaux]] in [[1084]] to facilitate trade with mainland [[Levantia]]. The pyre had a stone base 18 meters tall and platform for a massive pyre 12 meters squared. In [[1175]], a ''pila pira'' was built in [[Vilauristre]]. This enabled the [[Bergendii]] to become early adopters of nocturnal navigation and docking, a technique the doubled the amount of time they could trade, giving them an advantage over other [[Sea of Istroya]] and [[Canete]] powers. | |||
By [[1320]], a total of 12 of them located on the [[Ile of Burgundie]]. The pyres were never permanent structures and had to be rebuilt after heavy storms. In the 1440s a new technique was introduced that added a layer of permanency to them, turf was added on top of the stones so that the rocks were enveloped and were less likely to become dislodged. | |||
=== Lighthouses === | |||
[[File:Cordouanchastillon.jpg|200px|right]] | |||
In the 1530s, the ''pila pira'' returned as more permanent stone and wooden structures. This new style of lighthouses also included living quarters and were called "posidofan" meaning Poseidon's lamp in [[Istroyan]]. They were not built to any specifications but were often over 10 meters tall, with a semi-covered platform for the fire. What was notable about [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] ''posidofan'' the was the use of parabolic mirrors to intensify the light from the fire. This coupled with the higher fire platform made the [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] trade ports much easier to find than their mainland counterparts and again made [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] ports, specifically [[Vilauristre]], the ports of choice for traders from [[Audonia]]n powers looking to do business with [[Levantia]]. | |||
The design remained largely unchanged until the 1780s when whale oil from the [[Sea of Nordska]] became available to the [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] market. At first considered a luxury item, the oil soon flooded the marketplace. Enterprising whale oil importers petitioned princelings to convert the ''posidofan'' at [[Port Diteaux]] and [[Vilauristre]] to the new substance. The smaller storage requirement allowed offshore lighthouses to be resupplied less frequently, the consistency of the burn was notably better than wood fires and the brightness of the flame was considerably better. By [[1835]] most of the [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] ''posidofan''had been converted to whale oil, at great personal expense to the crown. This also led the term "whale oil salesman", a [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] term meaning: a shrewd, perhaps disingenuous, business persona as the crown was often approached by merchants purporting to be Nordskan oil merchants and selling them fish oil or other substances. | |||
=== | === In Faneria === | ||
In | In 1604, ''Rih'' [[Donan Suthar-Màrtainn]] contracted [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] naval officers to form the Royal Foreign Naval Training Association, a precursor to the [[Burgundine-Fhainnin Naval Academy]], Simultaneously, he set aside funds for a program of lighthouses along parts of the [[Kilikas Sea|Kilikas]] coast, contracting the BMNA for maintenance, advisement, and in some cases manning of these outposts. Similar deals were arranged with principalities along the coast that would later be [[Tundra Wars|incorporated into Faneria]], and the Kingdom maintained these contracts with [[Burgundie]]. | ||
After the [[Fhainnin Civil War]], the lighthouses in Faneria were nationalized by the government; however, in 1954, control of a number of them was returned to the Burgoignesc Lighthouse Administration as part of a new commercial contract. | |||
=== Modern Lighthouses === | === Gallery of Modern Lighthouses === | ||
<gallery mode="packed"> | |||
File:Boston Light.jpg|[[Vilauristre]] light | |||
| | File:Charleston Light 1962.jpg|[[Port Diteaux]] Light, built in [[1964]], is the newest lighthouse in [[Burgundie]] | ||
| | File:Al_Ghariyah_lighthouse.jpg|[[Alcairet]] lighthouse | ||
| | File:Al_Ayah_Lighthouse_(41057610365).jpg|[[Alcairet]] lighthouse | ||
File:Lighthouse, Torshavn, Faroe Islands (6040813239).jpg|[[Nauta Normand]] lighthouse | |||
File:Al_Ayah_Lighthouse_(41057610365).jpg|[[Alcairet]] lighthouse | |||
File:Lucaya_Port_Lighthouse_-_panoramio.jpg|[[Torlen]] lighthouse | |||
File:Gibbs Hill Lighthouse.jpg|[[Torlen]] lighthouse | |||
| | File:St. David's Lighthouse.jpg|[[Torlen]] lighthouse | ||
| | File%3AAruba_California_lighthouse.jpg|[[Torlen]] lighthouse | ||
| | File%3ALighthouse_Seroe_Colorado_22_43_55_709000.jpeg|[[Torlen]] lighthouse | ||
File%3ABahamas_1989_(692)_San_Salvador_Dixon_Hill_Lighthouse_(25838128021).jpg|[[Torlen]] lighthouse | |||
| | File:Portland Head Lighthouse Ocean Horizontal.JPG|Iparnor Head Lighthouse | ||
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== Special Cases == | == Special Cases == | ||
Some lighthouses, especially those overseas are purported to be hubs of Burgoignesc intelligence gathering. | Some lighthouses, especially those overseas are purported to be hubs of Burgoignesc intelligence gathering. | ||
26 lighthouses across the | 26 lighthouses across the [[Burgoignesc Thalattocracy]] are owned and maintained by non-governmental organizations, 11 by the Seager Corporation, 6 by O’Shea Container Shipping, 4 by the Lighthouse Preservation Corps, 3 by Doppel Gangway and 2 by Beacon Business Continuity and Incident Management. | ||
[[Category:Burgoignesc Security Forces]] | [[Category:Burgoignesc Security Forces]] | ||
==See also== | |||
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