| Pape Lighthouse Papes bāka | |||||||
| Location: | Rucava Municipality Latvia | ||||||
| Coordinates: | 56.155°N 21.0233°W | ||||||
| Yearbuilt: | 1890 (first) | ||||||
| Yearlit: | 1910 (current) | ||||||
| Construction: | steel tower | ||||||
| Shape: | square pyramidal skeletal tower and central cylinder with double balcony and lantern | ||||||
| Marking: | white tower, red balcony and lantern | ||||||
| Characteristic: | white light, 1.5 s on, 2 s off | ||||||
| Country: | Latvia | ||||||
| Countrynumber: | UZ-890 | ||||||
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The Pape Lighthouse (Latvian: Papes bāka) is a lighthouse located on the Latvian coast of the Baltic Sea.
The lighthouse was built in 1910; in a place of a former lighthouse (which existed since 1887); on the southernmost tip of Latvia's coast to the Baltic Sea.[1] During its early existence (up until the end of World War I), the lighthouse was known as a boundary beacon - as the lighthouse guided ships to the port of Liepāja, on the border of the Russian Empire and Prussia. The current lighthouse is a tube-like cylinder, supported by a riveting iron construction. Currently the lighthouse is closed to visitors, although Emilis Melngailis - a famous Latvian composer, stayed overtnight during his folklore expedition.[2] [3]