Fort of Salses
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Location
Salses-le-Chateau, Pyrenees-Orientales department, France
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Built
15th century
The fortress guarded the former frontier between Spain and 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. During the Spanish Civil War, the fort was used as refuge.
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