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Pyrénées-Orientales

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Heritage and culture

The Pyrénées-Orientales, a real open air museum!

 

It is unusual to encounter on the same territory all the stages of human ingenuity: the first signs of skill in the form of touching prehistoric tools, pride in the glory of Pompey, the Domitian Way or the fortifications of Vauban, inspiration and mysticism of the Romanesque and Baroque periods, creative boldness in the indelible mark of Fauvism and Cubism ...

With more than 500 religious, civil or military monuments, thousands of works of art, the territory of Pyrénées-Orientales is a land of discovery and a real open air museum.

Summary

• Heritage and culture
• Sites, monuments and museums
• Lest we forget
• Arts and Artists
• Museums, paintings and sculptures

Some words on the history

Some important dates...

Pre-History

Ancient Times

The middle Ages

The Kingdom of Majorca

The Treaty of the Pyrenees

Once upon a time... Vauban

Cultural Network

Réseau Culturel/Terre Catalane, the association of 53 heritage and cultural sites
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The Catalan flag, the legend, the story

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What's on

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  Les Enfants de la Mer in Argelès sur Mer

  Argelès-sur-Mer

  From 06 April 2012 to 30 September 2012

  Awareness campaign and environmental education ...

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The Pyrénées-Orientales, a land of artists

 

Cubism, fauvism... to discover!

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Perpignan la catalane!

 

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