Маяк Бенгтшер

A granite lighthouse with a residential wing on a rocky islet about 25 kilometres south-west of Hanko, built in 1906–1907 to close the gap in the chain of lights between Utö and Hanko; the Grand Duchy of Finland was then part of the Russian Empire. It was designed in 1906 by Florentin Granholm at the Board of Public Buildings, and its facades are of granite quarried on the islet itself. The lighthouse rises 51 metres above sea level and is regarded as the tallest in the Nordic countries; in 1914 it was damaged by fire from German warships. In 1992 it was placed under the administration of the University of Turku and in 2000 it passed into the ownership of the university's foundation.