In 1901, the Ottoman Empire lit a new lighthouse on Beirut's Ras Beirut promontory, a symbol of modernization and a marker of imperial ambition. But the beacon was more than a navigational aid — it was a node in a global network of trade, a witness to the city's transformation, and a silent observer of the dramas that would follow, from the 1915 Cedar Uprising to the 1958 crisis. This episode digs into the lighthouse's French-built optics, the Ottoman engineers who managed it, and the lives of the keepers who kept the light burning through war and peace. Lucas and Luna explore how this elegant tower on the Mediterranean became a symbol of Beirut's precarious place between empires, and why its light still guides ships today. A story of stone, glass, and the men who tended the flame.
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