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Fort de Salses France tourist information
Fort de Salses is a castle located about 20 km north from Perpignan (along the A9 autoroute).
An impressive Catalan (Spanish) stronghold dating from the 15th century, it was once on the border between Catalonia and France, and was constructed on the site of an earlier castle that had been destroyed. It has subsequently enhanced further by the renowned military 'fortification expert' Vauban.
The castle is attractively built from a mix of stone and red brick.
The Fort de Salses and its interior buildings and fortifications are a good example of military architecture from that period, with several improvements on the earlier style of medieval castle - there are numerous enhancements that enabled both the exterior of the castle and the interior parts to be better defended during an attack - up to 1500 men lived in the castle and could survive a siege of several months duration.
The Salses Fort has been a listed Historic Monument for more than 100 years.
Fort de Salses: tourist information, map, travel plans and gites
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Travel, hotels and holiday gites, Salses
See the Visit Salses section above for gites and hotels local to the area. For more general French travel options, see the Gites in France listings, or French holidays for other holidays, and Travel to France for ferries, Salses car-hire, eurotunnel, cheap flights etc.
Places to visit - Salses
- Castelnou Most beautiful village
- Ceret Art town
- Elne Place
- Fort de Salses Languedoc castle
- Lagrasse Most beautiful village
- Perpignan Large Languedoc town
- Queribus Cathar castle, Languedoc
- Fontfroide Abbey Languedoc abbey
- Sigean Nature Reserve African Nature Reserve
- Argeles-sur-Mer Languedoc seaside resort
Any places listed above are within about 20-25 km (as the crow flies)
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