Fortress of Salses
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The Fortress of Salses is a late 15th-century Spanish-built border stronghold in southern France, renowned for its innovative transitional design between medieval castle and modern bastioned fortification.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural heritage site
ⓘ
fortress ⓘ military fortification ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Renaissance military architecture
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transitional design between medieval castle and bastioned fortification ⓘ |
| builtBy | Spanish Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtFor | Kingdom of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capturedBy | French forces in the 17th century ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | early 16th century ⓘ |
| constructionStart | late 15th century ⓘ |
| coordinates | approximately 42.83°N 2.92°E ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| currentUse |
museum
ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ |
| designedBy | Francisco Ramiro López NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function |
border stronghold
ⓘ
defense of the Spanish-French frontier ⓘ |
| garrisonCapacity | several hundred soldiers ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Monument historique of France ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationDate | 1886 ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
early modern period
ⓘ
late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| involvedInConflict | Franco-Spanish conflicts of the 16th and 17th centuries ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Salses-le-Château NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInHistoricalRegion | Roussillon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Occitanie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pyrénées-Orientales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Corbières Massif
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ Étang de Salses-Leucate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnTransportRoute | historic route between France and Spain ⓘ |
| managedBy | Centre des monuments nationaux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
brick
ⓘ
stone ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
bastion-like defensive works
ⓘ
complex system of casemates and galleries ⓘ deep dry ditches ⓘ low-profile structure embedded in the ground ⓘ multiple defensive lines ⓘ thick walls designed to resist artillery ⓘ |
| notableFor |
adaptation to gunpowder artillery
ⓘ
innovative transitional design between medieval castle and modern bastioned fortification ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| ownedBy | French state NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | network of French state monuments ⓘ |
| politicalChangeContext | Treaty of the Pyrenees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strategicRole |
control of the passage between Languedoc and Catalonia
ⓘ
protection of the border of the Kingdom of Aragon and later Spain ⓘ |
| tourismType |
cultural tourism
ⓘ
military heritage tourism ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Pyrénées-Orientales