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Articles with tag : lighthouse

03/15/2025 From Overblog

The Puits d'Enfer (Well of Hell) has not finished terrifying the Sables d'Olonne (France)

Located on the Vendée coast, a few kilometres from the centre of Les Sables-d'Olonne, the Puits d'Enfer (Hell's...

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02/10/2025 From Overblog

The Fastnet Lighthouse: A Mythical Symbol of the Open Sea

Fastnet Lighthouse is one of Ireland's most famous lighthouses and an essential maritime landmark for navigation...

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02/04/2025 From Overblog

Why is the French La Coubre lighthouse going to be destroyed, despite its recent renovation?

Nicknamed ‘Sentinel of the Wild Coast’ and located near La Tremblade, on the Pointe de la Coubre, from where it...

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01/21/2025 From Overblog

Seven years to build 'la Jument' lighthouse (Brittany - France)

'La Jument' (the Mare) lighthouse is perhaps one of the most important lighthouses in Brittany. Situated near the...

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12/11/2024 From Overblog

The Sanguinaires lighthouse, in the heart of an archipelago off Ajaccio (Corsica - France)

The Sanguinaires lighthouse is an emblematic lighthouse located on the Sanguinaires archipelago, a group of islands...

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08/31/2023 From Overblog

Tour du Prince Noir - Like the eye of Sauron in Tolkien's work, the French lighthouse has collapsed

Built in the second half of the 14th century, the Tour du Prince Noir (Black Prince's Tower) was a lighthouse which,...

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06/30/2023 From Overblog

Cordouan lighthouse - The Château de Versailles by the sea

The Cordouan lighthouse is a late 16th-century maritime structure commissioned from the architect Louis de Foix...

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06/07/2023 From Overblog

Why the Ouistreham lighthouse has been the most famous French lighthouse in the world for 90 years

In the pantheon of French lighthouses (the PPF), the most famous in the world is not Eckmühl, Cordouan, Sanguinaires...

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