Roches-Douvres Light
Île-de-Bréhat, France
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Roches-Douvres Light stands on a treacherous reef in the English Channel, roughly 30 kilometers off the Côtes-d'Armor coast between Brittany and Guernsey. Built in 1954 by architects Henry Auffret and Joël Hardion, this active stone lighthouse rises 64.2 meters (213 feet), making it the eleventh-tallest traditional lighthouse in the world. The structure crowns a distinctive five-story elliptical stone dwelling, engineered to withstand the site's extreme conditions—the reef is entirely submerged at high tide but exposed at low tide. Reputedly Europe's most isolated waveswept lighthouse, it remains inaccessible except by boat during rough seas and is closed to the public. The site has been classified as a historical monument.
Architect
- Built
- Type
- lighthouse
- Materials
- stone
- Heritage
- classified historical monument
- Height
- 64.2 m
- Place
- Île-de-Bréhat, France
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