Cap Béar Lighthouse, Lighthouse with monument status in Port-Vendres, France.

The Cap Béar Lighthouse is a square-section pyramidal tower of exposed stone with corner quoins and a corbelled upper section, standing on the cape about 800 metres south-east of Port-Vendres. It rises 27 metres at an altitude of roughly 50 metres, putting its light 80 metres above the sea. Below it are the keepers' lodgings and service buildings.

A first lighthouse was built here in 1836: a small cylindrical tower on a nine-metre base with a fixed white light, standing about 23 metres above the sea. It was abandoned in 1905 because fog often hid it, and a second, 27-metre tower was built at an altitude of about 50 metres, giving an elevation of 80 metres above sea level with a white light of three flashes every 20 seconds. The tower, its annexes and the surrounding site were registered as a historic monument on 12 October 2011 and classified on 9 October 2012; the State owns it.

The lighthouse stands beside Fort Béar, and the cape around it holds several defensive positions, mainly from the Second World War. The site, its annexes and the surrounding area were classified as a historic monument by decree of 9 October 2012, after being listed on 12 October 2011. It belongs to the State.

The lighthouse is located on Route du Cap Bear in Port-Vendres and can be visited by contacting ahead for access. The best way to reach it is via the road leading to the cape, which offers views along the coast.

The lighthouse is automated and remotely controlled, with no permanent keeper on site, and it carries a differential GPS station. Its interior is carefully finished with blue opaline walls, a pink marble staircase and a copper handrail. The tower, its outbuildings and the surrounding site were classified as a historic monument on 9 October 2012, after being listed on 12 October 2011.