Guided tour of the Virgin Island lighthouse

Name: Guided tour of the Virgin Island lighthouse
Start: 2022-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T13:00:00+02:00
Location: Phares de l'Ile Vierge

Guided tour of the great lighthouse of the Virgin Island and visit of the ecogîte.

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Office de tourisme du Pays des Abers

Types d'événement

Visite commentée / Conférence

Thème 2022

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

About the location

Phares de l'Ile Vierge

Lilia, Ile Vierge, 29880 Plouguerneau

Finistère
Bretagne

Architectural description: 1st Lighthouse: Height above sea: 33 m. Overall height: 31 m. Description: A square tower surmounted a two-storey rectangular masonry building. Tower completed by a dentil cornice supporting a metal railing. Flat faceted lantern with shelter on the bridge for the fog siren. 2nd lighthouse: Height above the sea: 85 m. Overall height: 82,50 m. focal height 75 m. Description: Cylindrical tower in granite of masonry stones with base of ashlar stone and corbelled at the top of the tower in ashlar stone. Crowning by consoles assembled by arches supporting a stone balustrade. Base with door surmounted by an arch vault in semicircular and masonry of large stone pavements. Land 6000 m2\. Various ancillary buildings: shops, pantry. Careful interior decoration, opaline walls, woodwork in the watch room and the vat. Lantern of very large size.