Selection of the most beautiful monuments in the Pyrenees

Patrimoine maritime
66000 Perpignan

The Perpignan Sea Lodge, a Catalan Gothic building from the 14th to the 16th centuries, was the medieval civic heart housing the sea consulate, courthouse and town hall, in the historic centre of the city.

Porte-de-ville
66400 Céret

The Portal de France is a medieval fortified gate dating from the 13th–15th century, vestige of the ramparts of Céret in Occitanie, classified as a historical monument in 1949.

Ermitage
66220 Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet

The Hermitage Saint-Antoine de Galamus, nestled in the gorges of Galamus in Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet (Pyrénées-Orientales), is a troglodytic and religious site of the 15th century, integrated in a natural setting classified since 1927.

Abri marin
66420 Le Barcarès

La cabane de pêcheur de Coudalère, construite au XXe siècle au Barcarès (Pyrénées-Orientales), est un abri traditionnel en bois et roseaux, témoin des pratiques de pêche lagunaire et d'un héritage néolithique.

Sites archéologique
66480 Le Perthus

The archaeological site of the Panissars, located at the pass of the same name at Le Perthus (Occitanie), gathers the ancient remains of the Pompey Trophy and of a Benedictine priory of the eleventh century, on the ancient Domitian way.

Château fort
66130 Corbère

Corbère Castle, a medieval building of the 10th and 15th centuries, dominates the village of Corbère in Occitanie. Its Catalan architecture and its successive changes make it a remarkable historical testimony.

Château fort
66130 Montalba-le-Château

The remains of the castle and the fortified enclosure of Montalba-le-Château, built between the 12th and 13th centuries, dominate the village of the Pyrénées-Orientales in Occitanie. This site illustrates medieval feudal military architecture.

Maison classée MH
66000 Perpignan

Casa Xanxo is a 16th century Gothic residence in Perpignan, listed as a historical monument. It illustrates Catalan Renaissance architecture with a richly decorated facade and a history linked to influential merchants.