Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Phare de la Caravelle, situé pointe de la Caravelle
La Trinité, Martinique, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Le phare (cad. C 58) : inscription par arrêté du 16 décembre 2013
- Protection dates
- 2013/12/16 : inscrit MH
- Type
- phare
- Main period of construction
- 3e quart 19e siècle
- Dates
- 1861
- Ownership
- propriété de l'État
- Commune
- La Trinité
- Département
- Martinique
- Region
- Martinique
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 14.77235, -60.88191
- Mérimée reference
- PA97200033
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Edifié en 1861, ce phare est le plus ancien de Martinique. Peu modifié au cours du temps, il est un témoin authentique des commandes du Service des phares et balises au 19ème siècle. La combinaison de la pierre de taille traditionnelle et de la structure métallique lui confère une place unique parmi les phares de Martinique. Il illustre, également, les recherches entreprises, au 19ème siècle, dans le domaine de la construction maritime.
English translation
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History
Built in 1861, this lighthouse is the oldest in Martinique. Little modified over the course of time, it is an authentic witness to the commissions of the Lighthouse and Beacon Service in the 19th century. The combination of traditional ashlar and the metal structure confers upon it a unique place among the lighthouses of Martinique. It illustrates, equally, the research undertaken, in the 19th century, in the field of maritime construction.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.