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Balise 19e siècle dite Amer d'Huchet

Vielle-Saint-Girons, Landes, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
La balise en totalité (cad. AT 99) : inscription par arrêté du 13 mai 2002
Protection dates
2002/05/13 : inscrit MH
Type
phare
Main period of construction
4e quart 19e siècle
Dates
1890
Ownership
propriété de l'État
Lieu-dit
Huchet-Plage
Commune
Vielle-Saint-Girons
Département
Landes
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
43.89041, -1.37855
Mérimée reference
PA40000044

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1825 map "V.1:1-5: I: Frankreich. DEP: 58. Der Haiden des Landes. 59. Niedern Pyrenaeen. 60. Obern" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Une première balise en bois comportant deux voyants triangulaires de couleur noire et blanche fut élevée en 1865. La balise avait une forme parallélépipédique rectangle, soutenue par des arcs-boutant. En 1890, elle fut remplacée par cette balise de même forme mais métallique.

English translation

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A first wooden beacon bearing two triangular sighting marks of black and white colour was raised in 1865. The beacon had a rectangular parallelepiped form, supported by flying buttresses. In 1890, it was replaced by this beacon of the same form but metallic.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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