Phare de Men Ar Groas

Built in 1905 on the islet of Men Ar Groas and subsequently joined to the mainland. Local fishermen had to wait 50 years for it to be built because of very long administrative procedures. So how did they manage without a lighthouse at the beginning of the last century? A local shopkeeper used to put an oil lamp on the window sill of his shop every evening to guide the fishing boats, making sure that the light didn’t go out…