Cap Cerbère Lighthouse, Maritime navigational beacon in Cerbère, France

The Cap Cerbère Lighthouse is a tower of grey stone with a red top, built on the very high cliffs of Cap Cerbère in the commune of Cerbère, the last French commune on the Vermeille coast. Its central white section of vertical panels carries a dark solar panel array below a red railing and beacon, and two curving walls of stacked tan stone flank it, tapering as they rise. Two small white objects are fixed at different heights on the left stone wall.

The lighthouse was built to replace the old light of Cerbère's port, which was decommissioned in 1980. The Paris-based architecture firm of Lucien Guerra designed it, and the site on the high cliffs of Cap Cerbère was chosen with the condition that no overhead power line be run to it, so as not to alter the landscape. Completed in 1982, it runs on solar panels.

Locals call it the "phare solaire" because its solar panels, mounted below the red railing, replaced the old harbour light of Cerbère suppressed in 1980. The site lies in the last French commune before the Spanish border, on the Vermeille coast, and is a stop on the coastal hiking path.

The lighthouse stands on the high cliffs of Cap Cerbère, reached on foot from the village of Cerbère along the coastal hiking trail of the Côte Vermeille. No overhead power line serves the site, so the tower runs on its solar panels. The stone walls rise from a wider base and taper upward, with two small white fittings on the left wall.

The lighthouse is the last French one before the Spanish border, which is why it is also called the "solar lighthouse". Its power comes from solar panels rather than an overhead power line, which was ruled out so as not to alter the landscape of the high cliffs of Cap Cerbère.