Fouras, also known as Fouras-les-Bains, (Fr. Fouras-les-Bains) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. It lies 34 km south of La Rochelle and 20 km west of Rochefort on the Charente river estuary.…

The citadel of Château-d’Oléron is a military structure built from 1630 to 1704 to protect the southern part of the island of Oléron. It is one of the main historical monuments of the town of Château-d’Oléron, in the department of Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle…

The Fort de Fouras or Semaphore de Fouras is the medieval fortified castle in Fouras, a small town located in Aunis in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. It is also improperly referred to Fort Vauban…

Fort Louvois, which is known locally as Fort Chapus or Fort du Chapus, is a fortification built between 1691 and 1694, during the reign of Louis XIV, on the Chapus islet, and is about 400 metres (1,300 ft) offshore in the town of Bourcefranc-le-Chapus in…

Antibes (fr. Antibes) is a coastal city in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, France, between Cannes and Nice. It’s a popular part of the French Riviera of the Mediterranean resorts of France. Antibes gave its ancient…

The Salses castle (fortress) is a modern age castle in a communal territory of Salses in the Rosselló comarca in Northern Catalunya (Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Occitania). From a chronological perspective it is the third of the Salses castles, after the…

Perpignan is a commune in the south of France, prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales department and fourth most populous city in the Occitania region. Historically and culturally, the commune, former continental capital of the Kingdom of Majorca, is in Roussillon…

Évol Écouter or Èvol, is a hamlet and former commune attached to the commune of Olette, in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Pyrenees in France (Occitania). It is part of the association – The most beautiful villages of France. Located two kilometres…

Villefranche de Conflent (Villefranche-de-Conflent in French or Vilafranca de Conflent in Catalan) is a commune, located in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Pyrenees in France (Occitania). All signs at the entrance to the city and Fort Liberia are…

Fort Liberia (fr. Fort Libéria) is located in the city Villefranche-de-Conflent (France) in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Pyrenees in France (Occitania), at the confluence of the Têt and Сadi rivers. The Fort was built by the French marshal, Vauban…

Prehistory Port-Vendres (Occitania, France) has existed since the Iron Age, when it was used as a port connected to the Iberian settlement of Illiberis (now Elna). Ancient History In the first century of our era, the Roman geographer Pomponi Mela mentions…

Fort de Bellegarde is a 17th-century fortification on the border between France and Spain in the Pyrenees, above the town of Le Perthus in the Pyrénées-Orientales department (Occitania). At the time, it was used to control and defend the Perthus pass. The…

Llo is a commune located in the southwest of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, in the Occitania region (Pyrenees, France). Historically and culturally, the commune is in the Cerdanya, a high plain at an average altitude of 1,200 m above sea level, which…

Mont-Louis – the city and the fortress of the “Sun King” Built between 1679 and 1681 at the crossroads of the Conflent, Capcir and Cerdagne Valleys, Fort Mont-Louis is part of the twelve UNESCO fortifications of Sébastien Le Prestre, marquis de Vauban, Marshal…

 Saint-Thomas-les-Bains, Fontpédrouse, East Pyrenees, France Fontpédrouse is a commune located in the southwest of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, in the Occitania region (Pyrenees, France). Historically and culturally, the commune is in the country of…

Fort Carré, often Fort Carré d’Antibes, is a 16th-century star-shaped fort of four arrow-head shaped bastions, that stands on the outskirts of Antibes, France. Henri de Mandon built the fort and then during the 17th century, the Marquis de Vauban redeveloped…

Languedoc (Lengadòc, in Occitan) is a territory in the South of France traditionally divided into Haut-Languedoc, approximately included in the former Midi-Pyrénées region, and Bas-Languedoc, which approximately corresponds to the former Languedoc-Roussillon…