Moat and ramparts

Inner courtyard

The Fort de Salses (also called Forteresse de Salses) is a northern Catalan fortress in the commune of Salses-le-Château, situated in the French département of Pyrénées-Orientales. It is clearly visible from the A9 autoroute and it is possible to visit from the motorway rest area. Northern Catalonia (Catalan: Catalunya Nord; Spanish: Cataluña del Norte o Cataluña Transpirenaica; French: Catalogne Nord or Pays Catalan) is the name mainly used by the Catalan-speaking community to refer to the part of the historic Principality of Catalonia that came under French governance through the signing of... Map of the 36,568 communes of metropolitan France. ... Departments (French: IPA: ) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to English counties. ... Pyrénées-Orientales (English: , Catalan: , Occitan: ) is a department of southern France adjacent to the northern Spanish frontier and the Mediterranean Sea. ... The A9 autoroute (La Languedocienne/La Catalans) is a highway in southern France. ...

Built by the Catalans at the end of the 15th century, the fortress guarded the former frontier between Catalonia and France. Its layout and architecture, innovative for the time, present a rare example of the transition between medieval castle and the fortresses of the modern period. Anthem: Capital Barcelona Official language(s) Catalan,Spanish and Aranese. ... Section of the dome of Florence Cathedral. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times. ... For other uses, see Castle (disambiguation). ...

Fort de Salses is listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture. The fortress receives 100,000 visitors a year. The protection in France known as Monument historique is a State procedure by which heritage is instituted for a building or a specific part of a building, a collection of buildings or an entire neighborhood, plus gardens, bridges, and other structures because of their architectural and historical importance. ... The Minister of Culture and Communications is, in the Government of France, the cabinet member in charge of national museums and monuments; promoting and protecting the arts (visual, plastic, theatrical, musical, dance, architectural, literary, televisual and cinematographic) in France and abroad; and managing the national archives and regional maisons de...

See also

List of castles in France This is a list of castles in France, arranged by Region and Department. ...

External links

• Centre des monuments nationaux.
• Ministry of Culture database entry for Salses (French)
• Ministry of Culture photos

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