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Île d'Yeu lighthouse

L'Île-d'Yeu, Italy

Île d'Yeu lighthouse

The Île d'Yeu Lighthouse, sometimes called the Grand Phare (Great Lighthouse) or La Petite Foule, is a French lighthouse constructed on the Île d'Yeu in 1950. The current structure, is the third serving the site. The first lighthouse at the site, a masonry building 108 feet tall constructed in 1830,

was destroyed by German troops near the close of World War II. It was replaced by a temporary tower while work was completed on a third light. This, the current tower, is a little taller, 125 feet tall, and was designed in the Art Deco style by Maurice Durand. Made of concrete and painted white, its lantern is black, while the base is built of grey stone. Several one-storey keeper's dwellings and other outbuildings serve the station.

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