ÎLE D’OUESSANT, France — From this farthest edge of France, where the rain comes horizontally off the ocean, there is nothing on the horizon except waves and lighthouses, marking the line ...

The incident took place at around 2:30 p.m. local time on Wednesday in the region of Finistere on the northwest coast of France as the helicopter was ferrying equipment to the Vieille lighthouse ...

The lighthouse, which will be added to UNESCO's World Heritage List, is the last to be inhabited in France and only the ... and technological history of lighthouses and was built with the ambition ...

LE VERDON-SUR-MER, FRANCE (AFP) - Battered by the wind and swell for 400 years and nicknamed the "king of lighthouses", France's Cordouan beacon on Saturday (July 24) won recognition from Unesco.

(Photo by NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP) Battered by the wind and swell for 400 years and nicknamed the "king of lighthouses", France's Cordouan beacon won recognition from Unesco on Saturday. The ...