L'Armendèche lighthouse
Les Sables-d'Olonne, France
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L'Armendèche Lighthouse in La Chaume, a district of Les Sables-d'Olonne in the Vendée department of France, stands as the last major lighthouse constructed on French territory. Built in 1968 to designs by local architect Maurice Durand, the hexagonal concrete tower rises 39 metres and exemplifies the Art Deco style with its clean geometric form. Unlike Durand's other lighthouses, it was not erected to replace a wartime loss but was built new as a landfall light in response to local sailors' complaints that coastal development had obscured the harbor entrance lights. Its white tower is topped with a red lantern that displays three white flashes in a two-one pattern every fifteen seconds. Automated from its inception and controlled from the town, the lighthouse remains government property and is closed to visitors. It was classified as a historical monument in 2012.
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- Built
- Type
- lighthouse
- Heritage
- classified historical monument
- Height
- 39 m
- Place
- Les Sables-d'Olonne, France
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