Chateau Royal de Collioure

The Chateau Royal de Collioure is a huge French royal citadel inside the town of Collioure, a few kilometers north of the Spanish border inside the French departement of Pyrenees-Orientales. The Chateau is the juxtaposition of at least four castles. Roussillon became conquered via the Romans around 120 BC and then occupied by means of the Visigoths from 418. The first point out is set a fortified website online in Collioure below siege in 673, by means of Wamba, king of the Visigoths who lay siege to the “Castellum Caucoliberi” to subdue a rebellion. In the 12th century, Girard II, the ultimate independent be counted of the Roussillon, bequeathed his land to Alfons II, King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona.

Concerned about the prosperity of Collioure, the kings of Aragon granted privileges and tax exemptions. An annual honest became installed, and important works were undertaken within the fortress, the port and the metropolis. The Knights Templar built the fort round 1207 and incorporated it to the royal castle in 1345. A 2nd citadel became later built with the aid of the Kings of Majorca for the duration of the 13th and 14th centuries. In the 13th century, the Castle changed into annexed to the Kingdom of Majorca, which covered the domain of Montpellier, the earldoms of the Roussillon and Cerdanya, the Conflent and Vallespir, and the Balearic Islands.