After discovering the Torre de Hercules lighthouse in Spain two weeks ago, when I was searching the world for a lighthouse of the week candidate, my mind mentally wandered north along the coasts of Spain and France, past Normandy, to the northern coast of France on the narrowest part of the English Channel. So I wondered if the Port of Calais had a lighthouse, and I suspected it would.
I was right, it does. And furthermore, on a clear day you can see the White Cliffs of Dover from the top of the Calais lighthouse.
It's a sufficient landmark to have a few pages about it. It takes 271 steps to get to the top, and it was built in 1848. It's 59 meters tall and the tower is octagonal. And it has a two-story lighthouse keeper's quarters at the base.
The Calais Lighthouse
Lighthouses of France: North Coast (Hauts-de-France) (scroll down about 2/3 of the way to the bottom and look for the picture)
Calais Lighthouse (which states it's 53 meters tall)
Here are three pictures. Even though there are lots of pictures of this one, there aren't very many artistically-minded pictures of this one. Best I could do was a picture of the tower illuminated by either early morning or twilight sunlight.
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