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Cordouan lighthouse (French pronunciation: [kɔʁdwɑ̃]) is an
active lighthouse located 7
kilometres (4.3 miles) at sea, near the
mouth of the
Gironde estuary...
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apparatus was
stored at
Bordeaux for the winter, and then re****embled at
Cordouan Lighthouse under Fresnel's supervision—in part by Fresnel's own hands....
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Middle Ages, a 40-foot (12 m)
tower was
built by
Edward the
Black Prince at
Cordouan near the
Gironde estuary. One
hundred years later, in 1581,
Henri III asked...
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greater distances. The
first Fresnel lens was used in 1823 in the
Cordouan lighthouse at the
mouth of the
Gironde estuary; its
light could be seen...
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completed in 1699, was the world's
first open
ocean lighthouse,
although the
Cordouan Lighthouse off the
western French coast preceded it as the
first offs****...
- guitar-based
ambient music using multiple pseudonyms (Lars Blek, Porte,
Cordouan,
James Larsson)
through his own
Garmonbozia label, and
performed alongside...
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across the
Gironde Estuary from the
resort town of Royan. The offs****
Cordouan lighthouse lies off the
point and a
second lighthouse, on the s****, houses...
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Johannes Kepler produces Kepler's
conjecture on
sphere ****ng.
Completion of
Cordouan lighthouse on the
Gironde estuary (designed by
Louis de Foix), the first...
- Studies. 19
December 2024. "Médoc
Atlantique - De
Cordouan à Lacanau". Médoc
Atlantique - De
Cordouan à Lacanau.
Retrieved 6 May 2019. Van Wyen, Adrian...
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Austral Lands and Seas". UNESCO. "Great Spa
Towns of Europe". UNESCO. "
Cordouan Lighthouse". UNESCO. "Nice,
Winter Resort Town of the Riviera". UNESCO...
