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Narva-Jõesuu Lighthouse ( et, Narva-Jõesuu tuletorn) is a
lighthouse located in
Narva-Jõesuu,
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...
, on the
Gulf of Finland (
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain.
The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and ...
).
History
A lighthouse operated here already during the
time of Swedish rule of Estonia, in the 17th century. A stone lighthouse was built in 1808 at the initiative of
Leontiy Spafaryev
Knight Leontiy Vassilievich Spafaryev (russian: Леонтий Васильевич Спафарьев; 19 March 1765 – 30 January 1847) was a Lieutenant General of the Imperial Russian Navy.[Crimean War
The Crimean War, , was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between Russia and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia.
Geopolitical causes of the war included the ...]
but was repaired in 1870 because of its unstable foundations. In 1941 it was completely destroyed. A new lighthouse (the presently visible) was built in 1957.
See also
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List of lighthouses in Estonia
References
External links
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Lighthouses completed in 1957
Lighthouses in Estonia
Buildings and structures in Ida-Viru County
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