The Cordouan LightHouse

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : AirVuz contributor DRHON-EL brings us this excellent drone video of France's oldest lighthouse. Corduan Lighthouse is located on the estuary of the Gironde River, about halfway down France's western coastline on the Bay of Biscay (part of the Atlantic Ocean). The base of the structure was completed in 1611, and it reached its current height of 221 ft. (68 m) as part of a modification that took place late in the 18th century. Still operational (although automated since 2006), it's one of the world's tallest traditional lighthouses.

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The Cordouan lighthouse is located seven kilometers from the coast on the Cordouan plateau, at the mouth of the Gironde estuary.

It is located in the department of Gironde, in New Aquitaine, off the commune of Saint-Palais-sur-Mer, near Royan, and Pointe de Grave, on the territory of the commune of Verdon-sur -Sea.

Built from 1584 to 1611, it is the oldest lighthouse in France still in operation.

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