Grouin du Cou light house - Vendée - France by Kordouane
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The Grouin du Cou lighthouse, also known as the La Tranche-sur-Mer lighthouse, is located on the tip of the Grouin du Cou, in La Tranche-sur-Mer in the Vendée (France).
It replaces a 9-metre headlight built in 1831. Following numerous shipwrecks of the lighthouse, a square turret with a 14-metre masonry building was built in 1866 to warn captains of dangerous coastlines of the Tranche coasts made up of limestone bottoms.
Destroyed on the night of 24 July 1944 by the Germans during the Second World War, it was rebuilt in 1950 according to the plans of architect Maurice Durand1.
Comments (12)
great capture!!
It's cool looking square , nice shot.
Trois belles photos de phares ! C'est celle-là que je préfère !
Très belle photo!
Magnifique, Merci pour les infos :)
Une vision impressionnante et magnifique de ce phare ! L'information qui va avec est aussi intéressante.
Belle réussite architecturale.
Excellent
I like it a lot and if I was the care taker, I would spend a lot of time at the top
This is beautiful!
Un phare de terre, il n'a pas l'air bien grand.
belle photo!