Fort de Salses

The Fort de Salses (also called Forteresse de Salses) is a 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 as well as the train line between Perpignan and Narbonne and it is possible to visit from the motorway rest area and the local train station.

Built by the Crown of Aragon at the end of the 15th century, the fortress guarded the former frontier between Principality of Catalonia and the Kingdom of 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.

The fort was captured by the French in 1642, and remained French after the Treaty of the Pyrenees.

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Fort de Salsesは、アトラスの城の知名度ランキングで世界1,717位（全3,734件中）、フランスの276件では123位にランクされています。1497年に創建され、アトラスの年代判明済みの城の49%より古い城です（15世紀に創建されたアトラス収録の193件のひとつ）。フランスが他とどう比べられるかは、城の統計をご覧ください。

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