News - Visit & Travel - Le Phare de Cordouan

September 2021

Cordouan arouses the imagination and represents an infinite source of inspiration for contemporary artists.

SMIDDEST invited the éclats company to spend a day between land and sea to work on its creative project entirely dedicated to the lighthouse: the “Voices of Cordouan”. A look back at a day out of time…

Juillet 2021

The Cordouan lighthouse listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site!

The 44th session of the World Heritage Committee and its 21 member states have just decided: the Cordouan lighthouse has been inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List!

Cordouan joins other sites such as the Taj Mahal, the Grand Canyon or the Great Wall of China on the prestigious List, which designates properties of exceptional interest for the common heritage of humanity.

2021 Season

The visit offer is renewed!

What better way to (re)discover Cordouan than with a guided tour? In 2021, the SMIDDEST team has put together a program of guided tours to help you discover the site in greater depth.

A photographer-calligrapher in residence at Cordouan

Nicolas T. Camoisson, photographer and calligrapher, is invited to take up a residency at Cordouan from May 28 to June 6, 2021. 10 days at the lighthouse, isolated between land and sea, to allow him to feed his artistic creation project on the theme of the sea.

March 12, 2021

A signature to continue the adventure!

To reveal its signature and assert its values, Cordouan plays it 2.0!
From March 8 to 11, all the networks and other partner channels presented the values of the lighthouse through four video clips. The lighthouse’s signature has been revealed since March 12. For the occasion, our website has been revamped!

March 8, 2021

A webinar in honor of Cordouan!

SMIDDEST and its partners are organizing, in partnership with the National Heritage Institute, a webinar in honor of Cordouan on Monday, March 15.

December 8, 2020

Some vegetation on the island

During their last inspection, the lighthouse keepers discovered vegetation on the island near the lighthouse.

December 7, 2020

News from UNESCO

In light of the developments in the world related to pandemic COVID-19, it was decided that the 44th session of the World Heritage Committee, initially scheduled for 29 June – 9 July 2020 would be postponed to a later date.

July 30, 2020

The biodiversity of the rocky plateau

We are committed to developing knowledge and preserving the biodiversity of the Cordouan rocky plateau. It is with this objective in mind that a convention between the CPIE Marennes-Oléron (the IODDE association) and SMIDDEST has been established in order to promote this biological richness.