Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Phare métallique de Fromentine
La Barre-de-Monts, Vendée, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Le phare métallique (cad. domaine public) : classement par arrêté du 3 octobre 2012
- Protection dates
- 2012/10/03 : classé MH
- Type
- phare
- Main period of construction
- 4e quart 19e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de l'État
- Commune
- La Barre-de-Monts
- Département
- Vendée
- Region
- Pays de la Loire
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.88892, -2.14241
- Mérimée reference
- PA85000044
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
IGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesTexas A&M University Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1786 map "131 Nantes." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Ce phare signale l'entrée du détroit séparant l'île de Noirmoutier du continent et fut construit à la fin du 19ème siècle selon le modèle publié par L. Reynaud. Il représente un des derniers feux sur tourelle métallique de ce type encore en fonctionnement.
English translation
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History
This lighthouse marks the entrance to the strait separating the island of Noirmoutier from the mainland and was constructed at the end of the 19th century according to the model published by L. Reynaud. It represents one of the last lights on a metal turret of this type still in operation.
Nearby in the register
- Moulin à vent de la Fossemoulin2 mi
- Moulin à vent dit Moulin-vieux-de-la-Frandière (ancien)moulin3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.