Forts, fortifications, arsenals in Languedoc-Roussillon

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
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.

11260 Val-du-Faby

The square tower of Fa, built between the 12th and 13th centuries in Val-du-Faby (Aude), is a medieval vestige surrounded by remains of fortifications, classified as a historical monument since 1948.

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.

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
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.

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.

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.