Phare de Port-Maria, Maritime lighthouse in Quiberon, France
Phare de Port-Maria is a lighthouse standing on the coast of Quiberon on the Atlantic side of Brittany. About 28 meters tall, it rises from a rocky position and emits light signals at night that guide ships moving through the waters near the bay.
The lighthouse stands at the end of the Côte Sauvage, south of the Quiberon peninsula, set back from the shore among the buildings of south-west Quiberon. It is listed in the general inventory of cultural heritage under notice IA56000337 of the Mérimée database. It is now automated and unstaffed, and cannot be visited.
The lighthouse embodies the connection between Quiberon and the sea that has shaped life in this coastal town for centuries. Today it stands as a visible reminder of how the maritime world remains part of local identity.
The tower stands back from the shore, among the buildings of south-west Quiberon at the end of the Côte Sauvage, attached to a two-storey house. It is automated and unstaffed, so it cannot be visited; it is seen from outside. Boats must enter the port through the white sector of the light.
On the SHOM marine chart 7033 the light is coded Q WRG 28m 14/10M: a continuous scintillating light with white, red and green sectors, 28 m above sea level, reaching 14 nautical miles in white and 10 in red and green. Boats must enter the harbour through the white sector; the flash rhythm is 0.6 s light, 0.6 s dark, period 1.2 s.
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