The Greek light­house has become famous all over the world due to its unusu­al loca­tion: the tow­er ris­es on a small rock 300 meters from the east coast of Andros island. A stone stair­case carved into the rock ris­es to the entrance to the build­ing. It is note­wor­thy that the 36-meter build­ing was com­plete­ly destroyed dur­ing the Sec­ond World War, but thanks to the shipown­er Alexan­der Gulen­dris, it was restored to its orig­i­nal form. He ded­i­cat­ed the light­house to his dead daugh­ter Violante.