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
66000 Perpignan

The Castillet de Perpignan, built between the 14th and 16th centuries, is an emblematic military monument of the city. A former fortified gate and state prison, it now houses the Catalan Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions.

Fortification de 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.

Fortification
66190 Collioure

The Artillery of Collioure is a 17th-century military building located in the Pyrénées-Orientales, listed as a historical monument since 1927.

Fortification de 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.

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.

Fortification de 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.