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Name: Vente Light  

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Also known as: Ventes Ragas Light

Nearest Town or City:
Vente, , Lithuania

Location: Cape Vente, eastern shore of the Curonian Lagoon, eastern Baltic Sea.

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Photo: Courtesy of Michel Forand

Description of Tower: Brown, octagonal tower, with a white octagonal lantern; dwelling attached.

This light is not operational

Earlier Towers?
1827: Wooden tower (destroyed by fire).

Date Established: 1827

Date Present Tower Built: 1852

Current Use: Museum, research station.

Museum?
The dwelling houses a zoological museum and an ornithological station.

Directions:
The lighthouse is within the Nemunas Delta Regional Park.