The staircase of Bengtskär Lighthouse is dim and dark. Black and white photo taken from above.
The staircase of Bengtskär Lighthouse is dim and dark. Black and white photo taken from above.

Staircase

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The 252 steps of this staircase have witnessed millions of children's footsteps as well as gunfire and battles of life and death. For over 60 years, lighthouse keepers climbed Bengtskär's 52-meter tower to maintain the lighting equipment, lenses, and clockwork mechanism that rotated the beam of light. The counterweight of the mechanism alone weighed 225 kilograms! At its peak, the lighthouse building was home to 37 people, and nowadays thousands of visitors come there every year.

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The 252 steps of this staircase have witnessed millions of children's footsteps as well as gunfire and battles of life and death. For over 60 years, lighthouse keepers climbed Bengtskär's 52-meter tower to maintain the lighting equipment, lenses, and clockwork mechanism that rotated the beam of light. The counterweight of the mechanism alone weighed 225 kilograms! At its peak, the lighthouse building was home to 37 people, and nowadays thousands of visitors come there every year.

MAJAKKA seisoo maailman laidalla. Sileäksi kavutut portaat vievät lyhtyhuoneeseen. Sieltä voi nähdä pilvien varjot meren peilissä – ja majakkasaaren pienen maailman. 1950-luvulta lähtien majakat alkoivat jäädä ilman vartijoitaan tai jopa tyystin tarpeettomiksi. Vasta vuosituhannen vaihteen tienoolla säiden ja ilkivallan armoille hylättyjen merimerkkien kulttuuri- ja arkkitehtuuriarvot alettiin ymmärtää ja niitä ryhdyttiin pelastamaan. Jokainen, joka on osallistunut yhdenkin majakkamme pelastamiseen, on antanut lahjan kaikille suomalaisille.

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