Lighthouse of Cap Ferret - France - Gironde by Kordouane

Photography • Sea/Undersea • posted on Mar 04, 2018

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The first Cape Ferret lighthouse was planned in 1792. It was only built late and commissioned in 1840. It was a 47.7 m high tower with an elevation of 51 m. Electrification took place in 1929. In August 1944, before evacuating Cape Ferret, the Germans blew it up2. A second lighthouse was quickly rebuilt and put into service in 1947 at the tip of the peninsula. The inauguration took place on 7 August 1949. The new lighthouse follows the plans of the old one. The tower is 52.1 m high with an elevation of 62 m and a red flashing light every 5 seconds. The front door, in the forehead, is surmounted by a pediment showing the dates of commissioning (1840 and 1947) framing a bas-relief depicting a ship sailing on the sea, where a fish is depicted and surmounted by the star symbolizing the lighthouse. The reception hall features a mosaic of the master glassmaker Auguste Labouret (1871-1964) representing the Bassin d' Arcachon and the Cap Ferret peninsula, as well as two busts: that of the hydrographic engineer Beautemps-Beaupré (1766-1854) and the physicist Fresnel (1788-1827), inventor of lenses of the same name.

Comments (12)

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LivingPixels

7:22AM | Sun, 04 March 2018

Awesome POV a super shot!!

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eekdog

9:21AM | Sun, 04 March 2018

Love your pov capture, thanks for sharing.

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MagikUnicorn

10:40AM | Sun, 04 March 2018

Superbe phare

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X-PaX

11:14AM | Sun, 04 March 2018

I like the POV very much.
Very nice capture.

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T.Rex

1:16PM | Sun, 04 March 2018

Anyone for a little exercise? I can imagine this requires a lot of leg power! Nice out door photo. I wonder what it looks like inside? Keep up the good work. :-)

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miwi

4:03PM | Sun, 04 March 2018

Great shot,super info,like it a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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anitalee

7:10PM | Sun, 04 March 2018

Excellent

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Richardphotos

9:37PM | Sun, 04 March 2018

this one would even be better. great capture

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DukeNukem2005

1:29AM | Mon, 05 March 2018

This is beautiful!

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KarmaSong

5:36AM | Wed, 07 March 2018

Un angle intéressant qui donne toute sa majesté à l'édifice. J'étais en train de me demander si ton pseudo n'avait pas quelque chose à voir avec le phare de Cordouan ?! ...en passant ! ...