Phare de Rochebonne, Stone lighthouse in Paramé, Saint-Malo, France.
Phare de Rochebonne is a square stone lighthouse above the Minihic beach in the Lévy district of Paramé, Saint-Malo. Its grey shaft has a white west face, and the upper level is painted red beneath a steeply pitched gabled roof. A stone balcony with a pierced balustrade wraps around the tower below the red section, which holds a round or hexagonal window.
The lighthouse was built in 1868 with an oil light system to guide ships through the channel. It suffered damage during World War Two but was rebuilt and returned to service after 1945.
Locals also call it the Phare de la Haize, after the coastal stream of that name. It stands in the Lévy district of Paramé, a former commune merged into Saint-Malo, on high ground above the Plage du Minihic. Its red fixed light shows a reinforced sector between 88°2 and 89°7, aligned with the Grand Jardin lighthouse to mark the Grande Porte channel.
The tower stands on a high point above Minihic beach in the Lévy district of Paramé, now part of Saint-Malo. It is reached on foot from the surrounding streets; the base is screened by vegetation, so the painted west face and red upper level are best seen from the beach and the coastal path below.
The lighthouse has operated fully automatically since the 1970s without requiring human staff. This change allowed it to function continuously while guiding ships through the Grande Porte channel alignment system.
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