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Forteresse de Salses

Come and visit Salses fortress, a unique example of military architecture combining aspects from medieval castles and modern bastions, located 15km from Perpignan. Come and discover the arresting dialogue between the 15th-century monument and installations by major contemporary artists.

Salses fortress was built between 1497 and 1504 by the Spaniards to protect their northern province of Roussillon which was finally conquered by France in 1642.

 

Forteresse de Salses

66600    Salses-le-Château