Collioure, Occitanie, France

Town of Collioure and on the right, the Chateau Royal, in Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The castle building contains remnants of castles built by the Templars, the Kings of Majorca, the Habsburgs and the Bourbons, from 12th - 17th centuries. In the 20th century it became a prison and a detainment camp. It is now a tourist attraction and historic monument. On the hill (left) is the Fort Saint-Elme, a military fort designed by Benedetto of Ravenna and built 1538-52 under Charles V. The building was reworked in the 17th century by Vauban under Louis XIV. The fort is listed as a historic monument and has been a museum since 2008. Collioure is a small town depicted by many artists in the 20th century, on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Town of Collioure and on the right, the Chateau Royal, in Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The castle building contains remnants of castles built by the Templars, the Kings of Majorca, the Habsburgs and the Bourbons, from 12th - 17th centuries. In the 20th century it became a prison and a detainment camp. It is now a tourist attraction and historic monument. On the hill (left) is the Fort Saint-Elme, a military fort designed by Benedetto of Ravenna and built 1538-52 under Charles V. The building was reworked in the 17th century by Vauban under Louis XIV. The fort is listed as a historic monument and has been a museum since 2008. Collioure is a small town depicted by many artists in the 20th century, on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. Picture by Manuel Cohen