Maritime heritage, lighthouses and islands classified in Occitanie

Phare classé MH
34300 Agde

The former lighthouse of Mont-Saint-Loup, built in the 19th century in Agde, is a Mediterranean lighthouse transformed into a semaphore, emblematic of the military and maritime architecture of Occitanie.

11100 Narbonne

The archaeological site of Port La Nautique, in Narbonne, is a Gallo-Roman port complex of the Upper Empire, including warehouses, dikes and a luxurious maritime villa with an exceptional vivarium of 65 meters in diameter.

81700 Puylaurens

The Renaissance Gate of the Academy, located in Puylaurens (Occitanie), is a 19th-century vestige of the former Protestant academy, a historical symbol of French Protestantism. It has been listed as a historic monument since 2015.

Phare classé MH
30240 Le Grau-du-Roi

The Espiguette Lighthouse, built in 1869, is a 27-metre square tower located at Grau-du-Roi (Gard), in Occitanie, on the Mediterranean coast.

Phare classé MH
30240 Le Grau-du-Roi

The former Grau-du-Roi lighthouse, built in 1828 in the Gard, is a testimony of the first French coastal lighting program. Ranked a historic monument in 2012, it dominates the Little Mediterranean Camargue.

Phare classé MH
34200 Sète

The Mont-Saint-Clair lighthouse, built at the beginning of the 20th century in Sète (Occitanie), is an octagonal 23-metre stone tower, marking the entrance to the port. It dominates the marine cemetery and the Paul-Valéry Museum.

11240 Alaigne

The Pepi Gate is a 15th-XVIth century fortified gate located in Alaigne (Aude), Occitanie, marked by coats of arms of Archbishops of Narbonne and a Gothic sundial.

11370 Leucate

The holiday village Les Carrats, designed in 1968 by Georges Candilis in Port-Leucate, is a modern concrete architectural complex adapted to the Mediterranean climate and to seaside tourism.