Maritime heritage, lighthouses and islands classified in Brittany

29170 Fouesnant

The Penfret lighthouse and fort, built in the 19th century on the Glénan archipelago in Fouesnant (Finistère), is a unique military and maritime complex, combining an operational lighthouse since 1838 with a coastal battery integrated into a fortified basin.

29840 Porspoder

The Four Lighthouse, built in the 19th century on a granite pit off Porspoder (Finistère), is an iconic sea lighthouse, twin to the Black Stone Lighthouse, classified as a historic monument in 2017.

29770 Île-de-Sein

The Tévennec Lighthouse, built in the 3rd quarter of the 19th century on an isolated rock of the Raz de Sein (Finister), is an iconic flagship house, automated in 1910 and listed as a historic monument in 2015. Symbol of Breton maritime challenges, it embodies technical audacity and local legends.

29990 Île-de-Sein

The lighthouse on Sein Island, built in the mid-20th century on this Breton island, replaces a first lighthouse destroyed in 1944. This historic monument combines maritime, electrical and water functions for the inhabitants.

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.

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.

56360 Locmaria

The Port-Maria Reservoir is a 19th-century crenellated guard corps located in Locmaria, Brittany, built in 1860 to defend the ria of Belle-Île-en-Mer.

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.