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25-DEC-2006

Phare de Dunkerque (Le Risban)

Dunkerque, France

This magnificent building is France's tallest brick lighthouse, and one of the tallest in the world. The lighthouse was built atop the ruins of the Risban, a fort built in the 1680s. It is now managed by the Dunkerque port museum. Located at the foot of the east jetty in Dunkerque.

Number: FRA 537
Build: 1548
Construction: brick
Height: 63 m

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