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Pointe du Toulinguet

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[[Image:Pointe du Toulinguet.jpg|thumb|left|The fort, signal-station, point and lighthouse]]
[[Image:Toulinguet.jpg|thumb|right|Close-up of the fort]]
The ”’Pointe du Toulinguet”’ is a promontory at the end of the [[Crozon]] peninsula in the commune of [[Camaret-sur-Mer]] in [[France]].

Its known fortifications include a prehistoric fortified site, as well as a lower battery by [[Vauban]] (of which only the platform remains)<ref>{{DionBrest}}</ref>. It is also the site of a [[Tour-modèle type 1811|model-tower number 3]], with a surrounding wall, 4 batteries built in 1883 and 1899, a 1949 signal station still in use and an 1848 [[phare du Toulinguet|lighthouse]]. It is still military land and closed to the public.

==Notes==
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[[fr:Pointe du Toulinguet]]

[[Category:Fortifications of Brest]]

(Via Wikipedia – New pages [en].)

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