Storozhnensky lighthouse

Storozhenskiy Light is located in the south-east of Lake Ladoga, in the village of carefu Volkhov district, Leningrad region. The lighthouse is on Storozhenskom promontory that separates the lake from the lip Svirsky Volkhovskaya lips. Built in 1906. His height - 71 meters (say it is the highest lighthouse not only on Lake Ladoga, but also in Europe in general).

To get to the lighthouse of St. Peterbuge very simple. According to the M-18 to reach the village of Murmansk Pasha (about 200 kilometers from the exit of the city), and turn left before the bridge over the river of the same name. After passing about 10 km turn left at the sign to ruin. In the village ruined need to move on a pontoon bridge across the Ladoga Canal and drive another 15 kilometers along the forest dirt road. The road tedious, but it is available for cars.

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2. went upstairs very simple. Warden set a fixed cost - 150 rubles per person for all the fun, without time limit. Forbidden sign given comprehensive information about the lighthouse.



3. Up spiral staircase consisting of 400 steps (according to other sources - 399). Unfortunately, I was not engaged in counting the number of steps on their own.



4. Evaluate the thickness of the walls at the base - it is more than 2 meters.



5. At the top - a Fresnel lens, which rassveivaet light from a single bulb. The lens consists of a central circular portion and the top and bottom belts. The thickness and quality of the glass is impressive.



6. But the most common bulb, 500 watt galogenki. Underneath the old control panel, which is now replaced by automatic photocell automatically turns on the lamp in the dark. The light from the lighthouse is visible at a distance of 19 miles.



7. Top view of a house lighthouse.



8. village carefu City (looks like now it's official name, according to information the white shield at the entrance). The village is known for St. Nicholas Church Cipriano-Storozhenskogo monastery, which was built in 1595. This is one of the oldest stone churches in Ladoga region.



9. Here is the Lake Ladoga.



10. Fishermen. There are many fishermen and generally just otdyschayuschih.



11. Inspection of the surrounding area is finished, you can go down.



12. Finally look like a lighthouse looks from the outside. This is followed by a few years ago, completely painted outside. Yes, the iron rings encircling the lighthouse, made even during construction to provide greater rigidity of the brick structure. This should not be repair, as many believe.

And 10 kilometers away is another abandoned lighthouse - Svirsky. But we need to go further, to polustrov fishing.



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