Petit Minou Lighthouse
The Petit Minou Lighthouse is a lighthouse in the roadstead of Brest, standing in front of the Fort du Petit Minou, in the commune of Plouzané. By aligning it with the Phare du Portzic, it shows the safe route to follow for ships to enter the roadstead.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Finistère, France
- Historically known as: “Minou Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort du Petit Minou and Fort du Mengant.
Fort du Petit Minou
Grassland
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Built between 1694 and 1697, the Fort du Petit Minou was a fort built in the commune of Plouzané in France to defend the goulet de Brest. It consists of 6m high masonry bastions, surrounded by a 3m deep and 9.5m wide moat. Fort du Petit Minou is situated 160 metres north of Petit Minou Lighthouse.
Fort du Mengant
Fort
Photo: Helmut Seger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The fort du Mengant or fort du Léon in the commune of Plouzané is part of the defences of the roadstead of Brest. It is made up of a high battery, with a now-destroyed artillery tower, and a lower semi-circular battery at the foot of the cliff, with two small powder magazines. Fort du Mengant is situated 2½ km northeast of Petit Minou Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-Pierre-Quilbignon and Porte Caffarelli.
Saint-Pierre-Quilbignon
Suburb
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Saint-Pierre-Quilbignon is a suburb, which is situated 8 km northeast of Petit Minou Lighthouse.
Porte Caffarelli
Locality
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Porte Caffarelli is a locality, which is situated 9 km northeast of Petit Minou Lighthouse.
Recouvrance
Suburb
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Recouvrance is the section of the city of Brest, France, on the right bank of the River Penfeld. The popular and historically-Breton quarter is in contrast to the largely-Francophone quarter of Brest-même or Brest-proper, on the left bank. Recouvrance is situated 10 km northeast of Petit Minou Lighthouse.
Petit Minou Lighthouse
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Plouzané, Arrondissement de Brest, Finistère, Brittany, France, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Spanish—“Petit Minou Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Tour-tan ar Minou”
- Chinese: “小猫角灯塔”
- Chinese: “小貓角燈塔”
- Czech: “maják Petit Minou”
- Czech: “Maják Petit Minou”
- Dutch: “Phare du Petit Minou”
- French: “Petit Minou”
- French: “phare du Petit Minou”
- French: “Phare du Petit Minou”
- German: “Phare du Petit Minou”
- Hebrew: “מגדלור פטי מינו”
- Spanish: “Faro del Petit Minou”
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