Långe Jan

Mörbylånga Municipality, Sweden

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Långe Jan, Sweden's tallest lighthouse at 41.6 metres, stands at the south cape of Öland in the Baltic Sea and ranks among the country's most celebrated lighthouses alongside Kullen, Vinga, and Landsort. Built in 1785, probably by Russian prisoners of war, the stone tower was constructed partly from materials salvaged from an old chapel. Originally fitted with an open fire and left unpainted, the lighthouse received its distinctive white coat in 1845, the same year a lantern housing a colza oil lamp was installed; a black band was added shortly thereafter. Now remote-controlled by the Swedish Maritime Administration in Norrköping, the still-active beacon remains accessible to summer visitors for a fee. The surrounding buildings comprise the Ottenby Bird Observatory, and the entire complex holds governmental heritage status as a listed building monument.

Built: 1784
Type: lighthouse, approach lighthouse, working life museum
Heritage: governmental listed building complex, monument in Fornminnesregistret
Height: 41.6 m
Place: Mörbylånga Municipality, Sweden

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