A nice maxicard sent as an official from Finland.
This is Utö Lighthouse, located on Utö island, small island in the Archipelago Sea in the Baltic sea and belongs to Finland's Pargas municipality.
design: Juha Flinkman * photo: Juha Flinkman
FI-3191909, sent by Ari.
The first lighthouse in Finland was built on Utö in 1753. The round lighthouse building was blown up during the Swedish - Russian war of 1808 - 1809. The present lighthouse was built in 1814 under the supervision of Chief Pilot Gustav Brodd. The lantern and the lights have been modernized several times. The present lens was installed in 1906.
As there was no church on Utö, the islanders furnished the third floor of the lighthouse as a church where services could be held. This lighthouse church is probably the oldest in the world and is mentioned for the first time in 1841. - in: http://www.uto.fi/2.0/sights.php?lang=en&sub=lighthouse
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