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The Petit Minou Lighthouse ... Built between 1694 and 1697, the Fort du Petit Minou was a fort built in the commune of Plouzané in France to defend the goulet de Brest.
Entrance to the Fort. Built between 1694 and 1697, the Fort du Petit Minou was a fort built in the commune of Plouzané in France to defend the goulet de Brest.It consists of 6m high masonry bastions, surrounded by a 3m deep and 9.5m wide moat.
Phare du Petit Minou. Le Minou is the site of a popular surfing beach and a lighthouse at the entrance to Brest harbor in France. It is part of the commune of Plouzané, on the north side of the Goulet de Brest. "Le Minou" means "pussy cat" in French. Le Minou is the site of the landfall of the first French transatlantic telegraph cable in 1869.
Together with the Phare du Portzic, Petit Minou Lighthouse forms a range of lights into the roadstead. [7] Phare du Portzic: Atlantic Ocean: Finistère: Roadstead of Brest: 1848 Together with the Petit Minou Lighthouse, Portzic Lighthouse forms a range of lights into the roadstead.
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It was built on military land in 1848, at the same time as the phare du Petit Minou (started slightly earlier to the north of the Goulet. It was electrified in 1953 and automated in 1994 [ 2 ] (though a semaphore post set up at its base in 1987 to regulate traffic in and out of the goulet is still permanently manned).
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Only 1.8 km wide, the goulet is situated between the Pointe du Petit Minou and the Pointe du Portzic to the north and the îlot des Capucins and the Pointe des Espagnols to the south. At each turn of the tide, the ocean refills the roadstead in a current that can attain 4 to 5 knots. [1]