View from the hillside above, looking down onto the octagonal tower of the Portzic Lighthouse, built with the Petit-Minou lighthouse in 1848, to guide shipping into the Brest Channel.
View of the circular lighthouse tower of Penmarch, on the south-western extremity of the Quimper peninsula. The smaller square semaphore tower to the left was probably the original lighthouse, in use before the completion of its successor in 1835.
General view of the narrow river channel at Douélan (to the north of Lorient) and the two lighthouse towers which indicate the alignment of the outer channel.
View of the impressive octagonal masonry tower of the lighthouse, built above a large accommodation block. This structure was built 1850-54. The top of the older lighthouse which it replaced can be seen in the background. The lighthouse is situated on the Pointe des Baleines, off the northern ti...
View of the circular tower of the lighthouse, resting on wider drum, situated at the southern extremity of the Pertuis d'Antioche, off the northern tip of the Île d'Oléron. This light, superseding an older structure, was built in 1836.