Maritime heritage, lighthouses and islands classified in Morbihan

56590 Groix

The Pen-Men Lighthouse, built in the 19th century on the island of Groix in Brittany, is an automated but guarded flagship house, classified as a historical monument in 2015.

Île
56510 Saint-Pierre-Quiberon

The island of Guernic, a small neolithic rock 200 m long, is located in Saint-Pierre-Quiberon (Morbihan). Ranked a historic monument in 1930, it houses a Neolithic flint-sized workshop and a memorial to the Great War.

Île
56510 Saint-Pierre-Quiberon

Thinic Island, located in Saint-Pierre-Quiberon in Morbihan, is an island classified as a historical monument since 1927, with archaeological remains in Brittany.

56360 Bangor

The former Port-Coton radar station, built in 1943 in Bangor, England, is a vestige of the Atlantic Wall, integrated into a cliff with bunkers and underground networks to monitor the coasts.

56360 Sauzon

The battery of Port-Blanc is a fortified complex of the seventeenth, eighteenth and twentieth centuries located in Sauzon, on the island of Belle-Île-en-Mer in Brittany. A witness to Vauban's defensive developments, it was reused during World War II.

56170 Île-d'Houat

The island of Er-Yoh, near the island of Houat in Brittany, is a prehistoric site of the fourth millennium BC, home to a camp and archaeological remains related to the seal hunt.

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56360 Bangor

The Goulphar Lighthouse, built in the 19th century in Bangor (Belle-Île-en-Mer), is a 52-metre granite landing lighthouse designed by Augustin Fresnel, open to the public and classified as a historic monument.

Île
56170 Quiberon

The island of Toul-Bras is a monument located in Quiberon, Brittany. Its history and exact period remain undocumented in available sources.