Ploumanac'h Lighthouse, France

The pink granite coastline of Brittany's Côtes-d'Armor region is a unique site in the world. It stretches for some ten kilometers through the communes of Trébeurden, Trégastel and Perros-Guirec. Formed almost 300 million years ago, this granitic rock slowly cooled from a magma chamber, enriched by external minerals. Unlike other similar coasts, such as Corsica or China, this one is characterized by mineral chaos, with boulders stacked or forming structures with soft, rounded corners, shaped by erosion.
At the heart of this spectacular landscape stands the Ploumanac'h lighthouse, also known as "Mean Ruz" (red stone in Breton), in reference to the rock on which it is built. Standing 15 metres high, it blends perfectly into its natural surroundings. The current lighthouse replaces the Mean Ruz lighthouse house, built in 1860 and destroyed in 1944 by the retreating German army. Today, the lighthouse is an emblematic symbol of the Pink Granite Coast, attracting visitors from all over the world.
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