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The Phare du bout du Monde (the Lighthouse at the End of the World) is a lighthouse off the Pointe des Minimes, a cape of La Rochelle in Charente-Maritime, France. It is an exact replica of the Faro del Fin del Mundo in Patagonia, Argentina, which was built in 1884 on the Isla de los Estados to the east of the Mitre Peninsula in Tierra del Fuego.

Description
The Phare du bout du Monde is an octogonal wooden lighthouse. The light is produced by seven canola oil lamps and is projected on two sides through large crystals. The luminous beam of the lighthouse is visible for 15 nautical miles (27.78 km) at a 93-degree angle.

History
Abandoned in 1902 because of extreme conditions and the building of the Año Nuevo lighthouse, the Patagonia lighthouse was destroyed. The remains were discovered by André Bronner, known as "Yul Vernes", a citizen of La Rochelle. In 1994, he decided to have it rebuilt with the help of Ateliers Perrault Frères. Through the rebuilding of this lighthouse, Bronner wanted to promote cultural exchange between France and Argentina. In order to do this, in 2018 he created the nonprofit organization "Association du phare du bout du monde" in La Rochelle.

On February 26, 1998, the Argentinian lighthouse finally gave light again. André Bonner decided to build another replica of the original lighthouse but this time in La Rochelle, 12,780 km (7,941 miles) away, at sea and on pilings entrenched in the sandbank. The replica was inaugurated on January 1, 2000, opposite the Pointe des Minimes.