Quatre phares largement répandus guident les navires qui contournent le point accidenté du Raz dans le Finistère, en Bretagne, l’un des points les plus à l’ouest de la France, à travers le canal du Raz de sein entre le continent et la Île de sein, souvent face à des courants atlantiques dangereux, des vagues écrasantes et des vents violents.
4912 x 7360 px | 41,6 x 62,3 cm | 16,4 x 24,5 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
13 septembre 2023
Lieu:
Pointe du Raz, Plogoff, Finistère, Brittany, France
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Four widely-spaced lighthouses alert mariners to hazardous rocks, crashing waves, strong winds and dangerous Atlantic currents when they navigate the Raz de Sein, the shipping channel between the rugged granite Pointe du Raz (foreground) and the Île de Sein off the far western coast of Finistère, Brittany, France. This image shows the La Vielle lighthouse built on a rock close to land, with the much taller Goulenez lighthouse in the far distance, at the northern tip of the Île de Sein. Out of view are the Tévennec lighthouse to the north and the Ar Men beacon west of the island. The Pointe du Raz, part of Cap Sizun and of the community of Plogoff, is the second most westerly point on the French mainland. The origins of its name, and of the Raz de Sein, can be traced back to ‘rás’ in Old Norse and ‘race’ in English, meaning ‘strong current of water’. In turn, the indigenous Breton people borrowed the word ‘raz’ from the Normans. The spectacular peninsula and its hinterland cover 2, 000 heather-clad hectares, with the promontory rising to a height of 70 metres (230 feet). It is a popular tourist destination, comparable to Land’s End in Cornwall, England, UK. It is one of 33 Grand Sites de France, a network of areas chosen for their outstanding natural beauty and, where possible, their maintenance in harmony with their environment. Cap Sizun is the favoured habitat of many seabirds, including black-headed gulls. A bird reserve allows visitors following the coastal path to use telescopes or binoculars to watch kittiwakes, guillemots and fulmars. The Point du Raz is also the starting point for the E5 European long distance path ending in Venice, Italy, covering a total distance of about 3, 200 km (1, 988 miles). It crosses Switzerland, Austria, Germany and the Alps before reaching the Italian city of Verona and continuing to Venice. D1451.B9258
