Maritime heritage, lighthouses and islands classified in Normandy

Phare classé MH
76310 Sainte-Adresse

The Heve Lighthouse, built in 1951 in Sainte-Adresse in Normandy, is a 102-metre modern lighthouse overlooking the Seine estuary, classified as a historic monument since 2010.

Phare classé 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.

Île
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.

Phare classé MH
27680 Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque

La Roque Lighthouse, a 19th century disused flagship, dominates the Seine estuary in Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque (Eure), Normandy. Built in 1849, it combined home and maritime signal.

Phare classé MH
27680 Quillebeuf-sur-Seine

The Quillebeuf Lighthouse, built in the 19th century in Quillebeuf-sur-Seine, Normandy, is a brick turret marking a curve of the Seine, still in operation and listed as a historic monument since 2010.

Phare classé 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.

Phare classé 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.

Phare classé MH
76119 Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer

The Ailly Lighthouse, built in the middle of the 20th century in Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer, Normandy, is an iconic maritime lighthouse that succeeds three historic buildings, now classified as a historic monument.