Heritage Place
La Coubre lighthouse site
Current La Coubre tower site on the erosion-prone northern side of the Gironde estuary.
Place Summary
Map
Heritage Journey
La Coubre: The Light Survives the Lighthouse
How can one lighthouse identity continue when the coast consumes its towers?
Stop 1 of 1 on La Coubre: The Light Survives the Lighthouse.
Role in journey
- Continuity siteLa Coubre: The Light Survives the Lighthouse
La Coubre makes the tower visibly expendable: five reviewed structural generations respond to erosion while the navigational warning continues.
Related Heritage Relationships
- Located atLa Coubre signal lineage to La Coubre lighthouse site1830
- DestroyedLa Coubre 1895 masonry tower to La Coubre lighthouse site1907
Evidence
- Phare de la Coubre - POP / MériméeGovernment Heritage Inventory
POP identifies the official site and coastal setting; coordinate is a current-site reference, not a historical-tower claim.