Phare de Cordouan

metropolitan France · France

Phare de Cordouan, France
Photo: Thibault Grouas, GPL via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
Summer at low tide for boat access
Accessibility
not-accessible
Coordinates
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Often called the King of Lighthouses, this ornate Renaissance-era tower rises from a sandbank at the mouth of the Gironde. Its chapel, royal apartments, and grand stairway earned it a place on the World Heritage list.

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