Maritime heritage, lighthouses and islands classified in Normandy

50100 Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

The command post of the Kriegsmarine in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin is a German military structure built during the Second World War, located at 32 rue François Lavieille. This historic vestige bears witness to the Nazi occupation in Normandy.

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.

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.

Phare classé 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.

14111 Louvigny

Louvigny Gate, a 17th century vestige located in Calvados, has been a listed historical monument since 1928, an example of Norman architecture.

Phare classé 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.

Forme de radoube et cale sèche
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.

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.