Forts, fortifications, arsenals in the Eastern Pyrenees

Fortification of Vauban
66110 Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda

Fort-les-Bains, built in the 17th century in Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda in Occitanie, is a strong stronghold overlooking the confluence of Tech and Mondony, designed to protect the Pyrenean border under Louis XIV.

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.

Fortification of 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.

Fortification of Vauban
66230 Prats-de-mollo-la-preste

Fort Lagarde, a 17th century bastion citadel in Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste (Occitanie), dominates the Tech Valley and illustrates Vauban's military architecture to secure the Franco-Spanish border after 1659.

Defensive heritage
66190 Collioure

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

Fortification of Vauban
66480 Le Perthus

Bellegarde Fort, built in the 17th century in Le Perthus (Occitanie), is a pentagonal fortress designed by Vauban to control the strategic pass of the Pyrénées-Orientales.

Fortress
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.

Defensive heritage
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.