Tour de la Découverte
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 France , Lorient
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| Location: | Morbihan , Brittany , France | |
| Geographical location: | 47 ° 44 '43.1 " N , 3 ° 21' 13.8" W | |
| Height of tower base: | 13 m | |
| Fire carrier height : | 38 m | |
| Fire height : | 51 m | |
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Tour de la Découverte (German: Tower of Discovery ) is the name of a lighthouse in the Breton port city of Lorient in the Morbihan department .
The tower is located in the Faouëdic harbor district on the site of the old Loc-Roc'h-Yan castle . The first 25 m high tower was built between 1737 and 1744. It was rebuilt between 1785 and 1786 after fires and lightning strikes.
From the tower, the entire bay of Lorient, up to Belle Île and the Glénan Islands can be seen.
The spiral staircase consists of 208 granite steps.
See also
- List of lighthouses in France
- Map with lighthouses in Morbihan - that links to the French. Wikipedia
Web links
Commons : Tour de la Découverte - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Tour de la Découverte
- official website of the city of Lorient
- City map of Lorient from 1743 ( Memento of October 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Info Bretagne: Le château de Loc-Roc'h-Yan.
- ↑ History of the port of Lorient (PDF file; 2.50 MB)