Forts, fortifications, arsenals in Languedoc-Roussillon

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
30400 Villeneuve-lès-Avignon

Fort Saint-André is a 14th century medieval fortified enclosure in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, overlooking the Rhône and Avignon. Royal military masterpiece, he protected the border of the kingdom against the Papal States.

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.

Ensemble fortifié
48230 Chanac

The fortified ensemble of the Villard, dating from the 12th and 16th centuries, is a historical site located in Chanac en Lozère, including a Romanesque church, a dungeon and ramparts classified as historical monuments since 1988.

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.

Patrimoine défensif
34300 Agde

The fort of Brescou, built in the 18th century on a volcanic island near Agde in Occitanie, is a former military structure transformed into a state prison, also housing two historic lighthouses on its fortified enclosure.

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.

Patrimoine défensif
30330 Saint-Laurent-la-Vernède

Fort de Saint-Laurent-la-Vernede is a monument located in the municipality of the same name, in the Occitanie region. Its history and construction period remain to be clarified.