Phare de la Pointe des Dames, Maritime lighthouse in Noirmoutier-en-l'Île, France.
Phare de la Pointe des Dames is a white square tower standing in the Bois de la Chaise area with a residential building attached to its base. The structure rises prominently above the coastal landscape and serves as an important sea marker for vessels navigating the waters nearby.
The lighthouse was built in 1867 with a fixed light system displaying white and red sectors from its beacon. It received its distinctive white coating in 1910 and was automated through remote control in 2002, replacing the need for on-site management.
The lighthouse and its annexes received official recognition as a French historical monument on November 29, 2011, marking its architectural significance.
The lighthouse stands in the Bois de la Chaise, northeast of Noirmoutier island, and cannot be visited inside; it is still watched over by a keeper. Visitors can approach it on foot through the woods and see the white tower, the attached dwelling, the well and the menhir on the grounds.
The lighthouse stands in the Bois de la Chaise, a wooded area on the north-east of Noirmoutier island. Its grounds hold a well and a menhir, a standing stone that predates the lighthouse by millennia. The tower was painted entirely white in 1910.
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