Maritime heritage, lighthouses and islands classified in Lower Normandy

Headlights classified as MH
50400 Granville

Chausey Lighthouse, 19th-century flagship house on Grande-Île de Chausey (Granville, Normandy), has been guiding ships in a dangerous archipelago since 1848.

Headlights classified as MH
50760 Gatteville-le-Phare

The Gatteville Lighthouse, built in the 18th and 19th centuries in Gatteville-le-Phare (Manche), is the second highest lighthouse in France, pointing to the dangerous currents of the Raz de Barfleur in Normandy.

Headlights classified as MH
50400 Granville

The Cape Lihou Lighthouse, built in the 2nd quarter of the 19th century in Granville, Normandy, is a historic grey granite lighthouse, still in service and classified as a historic monument since 2009.

Headlights classified as MH
50440 Auderville

The Hague Lighthouse, or Goury Lighthouse, is a 19th-century maritime lighthouse located in Alderville, Manche, Normandy. Built on an isolated rock, it signals the raz Blanchard, one of the most powerful currents in Europe.

Headlights classified as MH
50840 Fermanville

The Cape Levi Lighthouse, built in the 19th century and rebuilt in the 20th century in Fermanville (Normandia), is a historical pink granite monument marking the Cherbourg harbour, marked by its destruction in 1944 and its reconstruction in 1948.

Island
50530 Genêts

Tombelaine is a granite island in the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel, near Genêts in Normandy, marked by a religious and military history since the 11th century.

Form of radub and dry dock
50400 Granville

Granville's radub shape, built in 1888, is a granite oval basin located at the Pan-Coupé wharf, dedicated to naval repair until 1978.

Headlights classified as MH
50760 Gatteville-le-Phare

Gatteville's semaphore, part of the Gatteville-le-Phare Lighthouse (Manche, Normandy), is a historic 18th-century building that signals the dangerous currents of the Barfleur Rake. The second highest lighthouse in France, it combines neo-classical architecture and essential maritime function.