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Phare d'Eckmühl

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Location
  
Penmarch, France

Construction
  
granite

Height
  
65 m

Automated
  
17 October 2007

Original len
  
Fresnel lens

Year first lit
  
1897

Focal height
  
197 feet (60 m)

Opened
  
1831

Phone
  
+33 6 07 21 37 34

Year first constructed
  
1831

Phare d'Eckmühl

Tower shape
  
square prism tower, octagonal watch room, gallery, lantern

Markings / pattern
  
unpainted gray tower, white lantern

Address
  
Rue du Phare, 29760 Penmarch, France

Similar
  
Saint‑Mathieu lighthouse, Pointe du Raz, Calvaire et chapelle de Tronoën, Phare du Creach, La Vieille

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The Phare d'Eckmühl, also known as Point Penmarc'h Light or Saint-Pierre Light, is an active lighthouse in Penmarc'h, Finistère department, Brittany, France. At a height of 213 feet (65 m) it is one of the tallest lighthouses in the world. It is located at the port of Saint-Pierre, on Point Penmarc'h, on the southwestern corner of Finistère and the northwestern entrance to the Bay of Biscay.

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The tower was built following a decision on April 3, 1882 to modernize the coastal lighthouses and raise the focal height of the Penmarc'h lighthouse, built in 1835, to 60m. However, engineers reported that the old tower could not support such an extension, so in 1890 it was decided to build a new lighthouse, the plans of which were completed on April 3, 1882. Funding came unexpectedly on 9 December 1892 when Adélaïde-Louise Davout, Marquise de Blocqueville, left substantial funds for the new tower in her will, provided the lighthouse was dedicated to the memory of her father, the general Louis Nicolas Davout, who was "Prince d'Eckmühl", a title he won after the Battle of Eckmühl. The tower was inaugurated on October 23, 1897.

The centennial of the lighthouse was celebrated in 1997.

The tower is open to the public. Reaching the top takes climbing 307 steps, 227 stone steps followed by an iron staircase.

Monte e du phare d eckmu hl 2013


References

Phare d'Eckmühl Wikipedia