Chapelle Sainte-Croix, Palais des Rois de Majorque, Perpignan, Occitanie, France

High chapel or Chapelle Sainte-Croix, consecrated 1309, at the Palais des Rois de Majorque, or Palace of the Kings of Majorca, built 1276-1309 by Ramon Pau, Pons Descoll and Bernat Quer, for King James II of Majorca, in Puig del Rey, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The fortified palace is in Late Romanesque and Gothic style and is built around 3 courtyards. It was fortified by Louis XI and renovated by Charles V and Vauban in the 15th and 17th centuries. In the 13th century, Perpignan was the capital of the Kingdom of Majorca. The palace is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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