Cordouan Lighthouse
Also known as: Phare de Cordouan
The present identity preserves complementary construction campaigns: Louis de Foix's work begun in 1584 and completed in 1611, followed by Joseph Teulère's heightening and transformation in 1788-1790. Active maritime si...
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Map
At a glance
Place
- Country
- France
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Locality
- Gironde estuary
- Water area
- Atlantic Ocean / Gironde estuary
- Coordinate source
- UNESCO World Heritage Centre property 1625
Identity
- LUX ID
- LUX-LH-000618
- Review status
- accepted
- Object kind
- Lighthouse
- Mobility
- fixed
Structure
- Status
- Active maritime signalling lighthouse; continuing use depends on regular technical adaptation and renovation. Inherited archive field
- Construction date
- Not recorded
- Tower height
- Not recorded
- Tower form
- Not recorded
- Material
- Not recorded
- Daymark / colour scheme
- Not recorded
- Focal height
- Not recorded
- Light height
- Not recorded
Signal
- Light characteristic
- Not recorded
- Light intensity
- Not recorded
- Light range
- Not recorded
- Light number
- Not recorded
- Operation
- Not recorded
- Legacy light IDs
- Not recorded
- Call sign
- Not recorded
- Lens / optics
- Not curated
Position
- Latitude
- 45.58631 Inherited archive field
- Longitude
- -1.17333 Inherited archive field
Light Signature
No accepted light signature claims yet.
Signal pattern, color, period, visibility, optics, and operating context appear here after field-level review.
Light signature JSON will appear here after review.
Names & naming history
- Phare de Cordouan
Heritage identity & evidence
Identity
- LUX ID
LUX-LH-000618- Type
- Lighthouse
- Object kind
- Lighthouse
- Current status
- Active maritime signalling lighthouse; continuing use depends on regular technical adaptation and renovation.
Review & coverage
External identifiers
No reviewed external identifiers yet.
Key source-backed claims
- Heritage status UNESCO World Heritage property · Cordouan Lighthouse - UNESCO World Heritage Centre 2021 · year · high
Claim evidence
Latitude
Field support: Needs a reviewed field source
Archive value: Latitude: 45.58631, Longitude: -1.17333
No explicit field claims recorded for this field.
Technical details
- field_id
coordinates- field_support_status
no-trusted-reference
Key sources
3 active / 3 total in-archive source links. Full sources below
External Identity Graph
- LUX Light ArchiveLUX-LH-000618 Canonical LUX ID
Local identity anchor for the record and related claims.
- Source URLs3 active / 3 total in-record source links Record source URLs
record provenance · Record-level source URLs are listed in the source provenance section.
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Reconstructed state
No reviewed year-by-year state profile yet.
State profile JSON will appear here after review.
History and connections
Lifecycle summary
What changed over time
- Lifecycle event Cordouan lighthouse station fabric historically part of Cordouan Lighthouse year · high
- Lifecycle event Cordouan lighthouse station fabric located at Cordouan rocky plateau year · high
- Lifecycle event Cordouan lighthouse station fabric modified Cordouan Lighthouse (architectural heightening and remodelling; lighthouse identity retained) year · high
Related places and objects
No reviewed continuity links yet.
Evidence and data
Coverage: curated-relations
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Lighthouse history (3 events)
- Cordouan lighthouse station fabric located at Cordouan rocky plateauSource: Cordouan lighthouse station fabric · Target: Cordouan rocky plateauSources: Cordouan Lighthouse - UNESCO World Heritage Centrehigh
- Cordouan lighthouse station fabric historically part of Cordouan LighthouseSource: Cordouan lighthouse station fabric · Target: Cordouan LighthouseSources: Cordouan Lighthouse - UNESCO World Heritage Centrehigh
- Cordouan lighthouse station fabric modified Cordouan Lighthouse (architectural heightening and remodelling; lighthouse identity retained)Source: Cordouan lighthouse station fabric · Target: Cordouan LighthouseSources: Cordouan Lighthouse - UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Phare de Cordouan - POP / Merimeehigh
Connection graph (3 objects)
Geo timeline (2 points)
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- Cordouan rocky plateau45.58631, -1.17333
- Cordouan Lighthouse45.58631, -1.17333
Story Projects
Source-grounded narrative packs connected to this object.
- The Light Is Not the Lighthouselight_group
Source Evidence
- Cordouan Lighthouse - UNESCO World Heritage CentreUNESCO confirms Cordouan's identity, complementary 16th/18th-century construction campaigns, continuing maritime-signalling use, technical adaptation, and property reference coordinate.
- Phare de Cordouan - POP / MériméePOP/Mérimée records completion in 1611, Teulère's 1789-1790 heightening, retained lower fabric, and the 1823 Fresnel installation.
- Cordouan's First LensThe official Ministry of Culture Cordouan site confirms installation of Fresnel's first lens in July 1823.