LIGHTHOUSE > Let There Be Light ...16th Century Cordouan Beacon Added To UNESCO World Heritage List

For centuries Lighthouses have been prominent features in our landscapes

"The Cordouan beacon is the last to be inhabited in France and only the second, after the Tower of Hercules at La Coruña in Spain, to be added to Unesco’s World Heritage list. Cordouan was built at the end of the 16th century and overlooks the Atlantic Ocean from the mouth of the Gironde estuary in south-western France . . .

From the agencies

France’s last inhabited lighthouse gets Unesco status – in pictures

Phillipe Lopez/Agence France Presse

Main image:
Lighthouse keeper Thomas Dalisson, 38, sits at the door of the Cordouan lighthouse at low tide off the coast of Le Verdon-sur-Mer, southwestern France.

                                                            Photograph: Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images

Tue 27 Jul 2021 03.30 EDT 

See more via The Guardian > https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/jul/27/frances-last-inhabited-lighthouse-gets-unesco-status-in-pictures