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The Lighthouse of Grouin du Cou

The history of the neighborhood.

The tranche sur mer lighthouse, Au Peit Bonheur hotel restaurant district

It replaces a 9 lantern  meters built in 1831. Following numerous shipwrecks the lighthouse, a square turret with a masonry main building of 14  meters was built in 1866 to warn captains of the dangerous approaches to the sharp coasts made up of limestone bottoms.

Destroyed on the night of July 24, 1944 by the Germans during World War II, it was rebuilt in 1950 according to plans by architect Maurice Durand.

Address

164-166 rue du Phare
85360 la tranche sur mer

Phone

02 51 56 76 30

E-mail

Schedule

Monday Saturday

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m./7:15 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Sunday 12:00-1:30 p.m.

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