Roches-Douvres Light
Roches-Douvres Light is an active lighthouse in Côtes-d'Armor, France built atop a 5-story elliptical stone dwelling. At a height of 213 feet it is the eleventh-tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Côtes-d’Armor, France
- Also known as: “Roches-Douvres Lighthouse”
Roches-Douvres Light
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Brittany, France, Europe
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Latitude
49.10502° or 49° 6′ 18″ north
Longitude
-2.81412° or 2° 48′ 51″ west
Height
60 metres (197 feet)
Open location code
8CXV454P+29
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Turkish—“Roches-Douvres Light” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Tour-tan Roc’h an Douvez”
- French: “Phare des Roches Douvres”
- French: “phare des Roches-Douvres”
- French: “Phare des Roches-Douvres”
- German: “Leuchtturm Roches-Douvres”
- German: “Phare des Roches-Douvres”
- Polish: “Latarnia morska Roches-Douvres”
- Slovenian: “svetilnik Roches - Douvres”
- Spanish: “faro de Roches-Douvres”
- Spanish: “Faro de Roches-Douvres”
- Turkish: “Roches-Douvres Deniz Feneri”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Phare des Roches-Douvres and Plateau des Roches-Douvres.
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