Forts, fortifications, arsenals in Occitanie

Patrimoine défensif
34200 Sète

Fort Richelieu, built in the 18th century in Sète, is a military work designed to defend the Languedoc coast, overlooking the city from Mont Saint-Clair.

Fortification
81540 Durfort

Castrum du Castlar, in Durfort (Tarn), is a 13th century medieval fortified village with a castle and abandoned at the end of the 14th century. Its ruins now dominate the present village.

Patrimoine défensif
30220 Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze

The remains of the Fort de Peccais, built in the 17th century near Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze in Occitanie, are an ancient military fortress protecting the salins of Aigues-Mortes, now classified as a historical monument.

Château fort
46090 Aujols

The Créneaux d'Aujols are the remains of a 13th century medieval castle, located in the Lot, linked to the history of the Cardaillac-Bioule and the chapter of Cahors.

Fortification
12230 La Cavalerie

The fortifications of La Cavalerie, built in the 15th century on the Larzac, form a quadrangular enclosure with round towers and fortified gate, in the Aveyron village of La Cavalerie in Occitanie.

Forteresse
66600 Salses-le-Château

The Salses fortress, built between 1497 and 1503 in Salses-le-Château (Occitanie), is a military masterpiece of transition between medieval castle and bastioned fortification, built by Spanish Catholic kings to control the border between France and Catalonia.

Fortification
66360 Olette

The Bastide d'Olette is a historical monument located in the commune of Olette, in the Occitanie region. Its history and exact period remain to be specified.

Fortification de Vauban
66190 Collioure

Fort Saint-Elme, built between 1538 and 1552 in Collioure (Occitanie), is a star fortress built on an 8th century Moorish tower, modernized by Vauban in the 17th century to defend the Vermeille Coast.