Utilisateur:Thewayforward~frwiki/Page1/La Vieille
De Wikipedia, l'encyclopédie encyclopedia
La Vieille (The old (one) in French) is a lighthouse in Finistère, Bretagne, France, constructed from 1882 to 1887 on the Gorlebella (Meaning "the most distant rocks" in Breton). This lighthouse, along with the west cardinal tourelle de la Plate, provides illumination and safety for the raz du Sein, a strait between the Île de Sein and the Pointe du Raz at the northwest tip of mainland France in the département of Finistère. It is located in the commune of Plogoff, and is property of the French republic.
La Vieille is famous for it's isolated location in a violent marine area. In addition, it is noted by it's rocky history: between the first studies into it's feasibility and the first time it lit up, ten years were needed to built it. It was the penultimate lighthouse in France to be automated, in 1995.