Sostrato di Cnido (249 d.C. - 249 d.C.)

designer

Sostratus of Cnidus was Greek engineer and architect. He designed and built the lighthouse of Alexandria (one of the seven wonders of ancient times), a suspended garden at Knidos, the deflection of the Nile in order to conquer Menphis and a monumental terrace in Delphi.

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Sostrato di Cnido

History

3. century BC		he was amasciato in Delos for king Tolomeus II
3. century BC		he designed a deviation of Nilus river
3. century BC		he designed the lighthouse of Alexandria
† 3. century BC		mort
* 3. century BC	Cnidos	nǎscut

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DMG-Lib		https://www.dmg-lib.org/dmglib/handler?biogr=8233004
Europeana		http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2020801/dmglib_handler_biogr_8233004.html

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Sostrato di Cnido (249 d.C. - 249 d.C.)