Ploumanac'h Lighthouse, Côtes-d'Armor, France
© Christian Handl/Getty Image
Ploumanac'h Lighthouse, France
The Pink Granite Coast of Côtes-d'Armor in Brittany, France, is a unique site in the world. It extends over ten kilometres through the municipalities of Trébeurden, Trégastel and Perros-Guirec. Formed almost 300 million years ago, this granite rock slowly cooled from a magma chamber, enriched by external minerals. Unlike other similar coasts, such as in Corsica or China, this one is characterised by blocks of rock stacked or forming structures with soft, rounded angles, shaped by erosion.
At the heart of this spectacular landscape stands the Ploumanac’h lighthouse, also called 'Mean Ruz' (red stone in Breton), in reference to the rock on which it is built. Standing 15 metres tall, it blends perfectly into its natural environment. The current lighthouse replaces the Mean Ruz lighthouse, built in 1860 and destroyed in 1944 by the retreating German army. Today, this lighthouse is an iconic symbol of the Pink Granite Coast, attracting visitors from all over the world.
Related Images
Sea Cliff Bridge along Australian Pacific Ocean coast
Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
The April full moon, or pink moon, rises over St Michael's Mount, Cornwall, England
Mount Fuji and twin rocks (Ushitukiiwa) in Matsuzaki, Japan
Montreux and Lake Geneva in Switzerland
An old farm in the Shetland Islands, Scotland
Salcombe Harbour on the south coast of Devon, England
Bioluminescent sea fireflies along the shore of Okayama, Japan
Bing Today Images
