Forts, fortifications, arsenals in the Eastern Pyrenees

Patrimoine défensif
66190 Collioure

Collioure Square Fort is an 18th-century defensive structure located in Collioure, in the Pyrénées-Orientales, surrounded by a rocky ditch and connected to the Star Tower.

Fortification
66210 La Llagonne

The Castrum de La Llagonne, located in the Pyrénées-Orientales, is a medieval fortified complex of the 11th and 13th centuries, including a Romanesque church and a watchtower, witness to the border tensions between the crown of Aragon and France.

Patrimoine défensif
66190 Collioure

Fort Dugommier is a mid-19th century military structure in Collioure (Pyrénées-Orientales), built between 1844 and 1852 for coastal defence.

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.

Patrimoine défensif
66500 Villefranche-de-Conflent

Fort Liberia, built by Vauban in the 17th century in Villefranche-de-Conflent (Pyrénées-Orientales), is a military fortress overlooking the valley, classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and connected to the city by an underground staircase of 734 steps.

Patrimoine défensif
66660 Port-Vendres

The fort of the Mauresque, built in the 19th century in Port-Vendres (Pyrénées-Orientales), is a defensive military work inscribed in historical monuments since 1991, dominating the strategic port near the Spanish border.

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.