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The Fortress of Salses

In 1496, the French army plunders the Spanish fronteer village and castle of Salses. To stop them in the future, the king Ferdinand the Catholic decides to build the fortress of Salses. In 1503, the fortress resists to a first siege, although it was not even finished. After a century of peace, brought by the treaty signed in 1544 between Charles Quint and François I, the fortress is sieged three times during the 30 Years War, then it's finally conquered by the French in 1642. After the Treaty of Pyrénées signed in 1659, the zone of Roussillon becomes a French territory and thus the fortress is now too far from the new fronteer to be useful. It becomes a historical monument in 1886.
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2009-02-15 [Easterling]: Wow, what is this place, Denisa? Please tell me more about it. .. You always visit these cool places! :D

2009-02-16 [Chrysilla]: Aww, yeah, I visited lots of places since I moved in France ^_^
This one is close to the fronteer between Spain and France, I've seen it last autumn, on the way back from our holidays in Spain. Pity I was in a not so good mood, and I took mediocre photos. I have at least 50 in my file, and only a few made it to this wiki. Still, I'm not really happy with them, but meh. For my birthday we're gonna visit some more castles :D

2009-02-16 [Easterling]: I especially love the last one. It's really eye-capturing - so much depth in that picture!

2009-02-16 [Chrysilla]: Well thank you very much, darling ^^

2009-02-17 [Trennas]: cool fortress! for some reason, places like this always make me want to play hide and seek XD

2009-02-17 [Chrysilla]: and in this one you can, cause it has lots of rooms, it's huge! and well preserved :D

2009-02-17 [Easterling]: I'd like to bring with me a picnic basket, and spend a whole day there. Be with some good friends - and play hide and seek all day! x)

2009-02-17 [Trennas]: aaah, old fortress ^^ you can also play pirate invasion!:p

2009-02-17 [Easterling]: Or Marie Antionette. Or the Canterville Ghost.

2009-02-18 [Chrysilla]: Or the French siege, which would be more appropriate to the history of this fortress :p

2009-02-18 [Easterling]: What character can I play in that?

2009-02-18 [Trennas]: possibly a soon to be dead one XD

2009-02-18 [Easterling]: :S

2009-02-18 [Trennas]: well, its is a SIEGE after all :p

2009-02-18 [Easterling]: Well... you're right, but still...

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