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Men Ruz lighthouse, Ploumanac'h, Brittany, France The Côte de granit rose in Brittany. The Côte de granite rose or Pink Granite Coast is a stretch of coastline in the Côtes d'Armor departement of northern Brittany, France. It stretches for more than thirty kilometres from Plestin-les-Grèves to Louannec, encompassing Trégastel.
An outstanding feature of the area is the pink granite rock and sands of the Côte de Granit Rose coast. Buildings of interest are the tidal mill and the Ploumanac'h Lighthouse. The chapel of Saint Guirec faces the beach, opposite its little 12th-century oratory which is surrounded by the sea at high tide.
The Ploumanac'h Lighthouse (officially the Mean Ruz Lighthouse [1]) is an active lighthouse in Côtes-d'Armor, France, located in Perros-Guirec. [2] The lighthouse is closed to the public. The structure is composed of pink granite, and marks the entrance to the channel leading to the port of Ploumanac'h.
The granite rose was first formally described in 1905 by Joseph Maiden and Ernst Betche from an unpublished description by Ferdinand von Mueller.They gave it the name Boronia ledifolia var. repanda and published the description in Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales from a specimen collected near Stanthorpe by John L. Boorman.
The building, a voluminous complex resulting from several extensions, is made of pink granite from the quarries of La Clarté, Perros-Guirec district. The roof is slate . Its interior was designed with reclaimed wood from a three-masted sailing ship beached in the winter of 1896, the Maurice .
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Perros-Guirec is a seaside resort, with sandy beaches and water and beach sports. It is known for its pink granite rocks which have been sculpted by the sea into varied shapes and patterns. There are three large sandy beaches suitable for families: Trestraou beach is suitable for swimming, sunbathing as well as surfing, as it is sheltered and ...
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