Location Ventspils, Latvia Automated yes Height 11 m Focal height 14 m Year first constructed 1934 (first) | Year first lit 1970 (current) Construction concrete tower Range 5,556 m NGA number 12160 | |
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Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern Markings / pattern white tower and green lantern and reel People also search for Riga Zoo, Grīžu Velna beņķis, Aļļu priede | ||
Ventspils Lighthouse (Latvian: Ventspils bāka) - a lighthouse located in Ventspils on the Latvian coast of the Baltic Sea.
History
The lighthouse is located on the south breakwater of Ventspils port and harbour. Before that, the lighthouse was located on the left bank of the river Venta, which was built in 1897 and destroyed during World War I by the retreating Russian army leaving the town of Ventspils. Both these constructions were not originally lighthouses – although they did have luminous elements, but similarly to factory chimneys and high church spires in the local area, they served as navigational marks for sailors which travelled into the port of Ventspils.
References
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