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 This official card from Ukraine had already expired when I got it this week. It took it 81 days to get to my mailbox but it finally made it.

There are at least 60 lighthouses in Ukraine. Most of them are located on the coasts of the Black and Azov Seas, but there are exceptions. Which is not the case of this one. Vorontsov lighthouse is located in the Black Sea port of Odesa and guides all ships passing through the harbor. It was the first stationary lighthouse built on a wooden breakwater and installed in 1845.

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In 1863, it was converted to cast iron, and in 1867, electric lighting was installed, and it became the world's fourth electric lighthouse.  The Vorontsov Lighthouse is 26 meters high and has 135 steps, its light can be seen at a distance of up to 32 km, and its sound can be heard at a distance of up to 3 km. - in: https://visitukraine.today

The lighthouse is connected with the port's shoreline by a long stone causeway and jetty, which protect the port from the southern high seas.