Built in 1862 by decree of Napoleon III, the Contis lighthouse was erected nearly one kilometre from the Atlantic Ocean, 15 km south of Mimizan. Originally all white, it was repainted in the 1930s with two black Archimedean screw bands wrapped around the construction. In 1944, it narrowly escaped...
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