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.

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.

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.

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
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 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.

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
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.