The impressive log structures of Santkari lighthouse photographed from the inside looking upwards. Black and white photograph.
The impressive log structures of Santkari lighthouse photographed from the inside looking upwards. Black and white photograph.

Within Santkari

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The octagonal lattice-structured Santkari daymark was completed in 1857. The approximately 20-meter-high navigational marker has four landings and four vertical pillars with stairs in the middle. It is made of impressive timber and planks. In 1996, the Finnish Maritime Administration handed over the beloved daymark to the city of Rauma, which has taken care of it since, together with volunteers.

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The octagonal lattice-structured Santkari daymark was completed in 1857. The approximately 20-meter-high navigational marker has four landings and four vertical pillars with stairs in the middle. It is made of impressive timber and planks. In 1996, the Finnish Maritime Administration handed over the beloved daymark to the city of Rauma, which has taken care of it since, together with volunteers.

The LIGHTHOUSE stands at the edge of the world. The stairs smoothed by thousands of steps lead to the lantern room. From there, you can see the shadows of the clouds reflected in the mirror of the sea – and the small world of the lighthouse island or cape. In Finland lighthouses began to be left without keepers or even become completely unnecessary from the 1050s. It was not until the turn of the millennium that the cultural and architectural value of these sea markers, abandoned to the mercy of the weather and vandalism, began to be understood and efforts were initiated to save them. Everyone who has participated in saving even one of our lighthouses has given a gift to all Finns.

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