Lighthouse of the Week, August 7-13, 2022: Phare Sainte Marie, France

 

This lighthouse is both historical and inoperative.  But it's a great landmark for the port of Marseille, France, and a good-looking fancy lighthouse.  Plus, it has a little red baby lighthouse in front of it.

Here's where it is located.

Surprisingly, there aren't a lot of pictures of it, given where it is located.   But first, the Lighthouse Directory will tell us about it (and about the little red baby lighthouse, too). 

"1855. Inactive (although the lighthouse is floodlit at night). 21.3 m (70 ft) round cylindrical stone tower with lantern and gallery. The tower is unpainted white stone, and the lantern is weathered green metallic. ... The harbor of Marseille is a series of bassins separated by dikes and quays. This lighthouse, a familiar landmark of the waterfront, stands at the south entrance to the bassins on the Digue Sainte-Marie; the entrance is called the Passe de la Joliette and it leads to the southernmost bassin, the Bassin de la Grande Joliette." 

And here's the info about the little one, called Passe de la Joliette:

"1882. Active; focal plane 7 m (23 ft); red light occulting three times every 12 s. 7 m (23 ft) round cast iron tower with lantern and gallery, painted red."

So, here's the pictures.  The first one is by "Eugenia" on Flickr.  The second one has the little red lighthouse, and the third one is a historical postcard.