Tags: Lighthouse, Tower.
Cordouan lighthouse is an active lighthouse located 7 km at sea near the mouth of the Gironde estuary in France. At a height of 223 feet (68 m) it is the tenth tallest traditional lighthouse in the world.The Tour de Cordouan the ‘Patriarch of Lighthouses’ is by far the oldest lighthouse in France. It was designed by leading Paris architect Louis de Foix and is something of a Renaissance masterpiece an amalgam of royal palace cathedral and fort.
