Tags: Lighthouse, Tower.
Långe Jan (Tall John) is a Swedish lighthouse located at the south cape of Öland in the Baltic Sea Sweden’s second largest island. It is one of Sweden’s most famous lighthouses along with Kullen Vinga and Landsort and also the tallest lighthouse in Sweden.The lighthouse was built in 1785 probably by Russian prisoners of war. The tower was built of stone from an old chapel. Originally the light was an open fire and the tower was unpainted.
