Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement of Céret
Le Perthus

Fort de Bellegarde

The Fort de Bellegarde is a 17th-century bastion fortification located above the town of , in the département of southern .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Col de Panissars and Église Saint-Louis Roi du Perthus.

Mountain saddle
Photo: Toni Hermoso Pulido, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a mountain saddle.

Church
Photo: Culex, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church, which is situated 780 metres north of Fort de Bellegarde.

Monument
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
, also referred to as Marca Hispanica and locally as Bofill's Pyramid, is a work of landscape architecture designed by Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura at , . is situated 2 km north of Fort de Bellegarde.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Els Límits and Le Perthus.

Village
Photo: Toniher, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Spanish village, a civil parish of the municipality of , situated in the , , in . As of 2005 its population was of 115. Its Spanish name is Los Límites.

Village
Photo: Toniher, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a commune in the department in southern . Natives of are called Perthusiens and, in 2021, there were 560 inhabitants. is also one of French territories on the .

Village
Photo: El Caro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
L'Albère is a commune in the department in southern . is situated 4 km northeast of Fort de Bellegarde.

Fort de Bellegarde

Latitude
42.45856° or 42° 27′ 31″ north
Longitude
2.85921° or 2° 51′ 33″ east
Elevation
423 metres (1,388 feet)
Open location code
8FJ4FV55+CM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1657298085
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
3033693
Wiki­data ID
Q3028584
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Discover Fort de Bellegarde from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Fort de Bellegarde” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Castell de Bellaguarda”
  • Catalan: “Castell de la Bellaguarda”
  • Catalan: “Fort de Bellaguarda”
  • Dutch: “Fort de Bellegarde”
  • Dutch: “Fort van Bellegarde”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “حصن دى بيلجارد”
  • French: “fort de Bellegarde”
  • French: “Fort de Bellegarde”
  • German: “Fort de Bellegarde”
  • Japanese: “ベルガルド砦”
  • Japanese: “ベルガルド要塞”
  • Polish: “Fort de Bellegarde”
  • Spanish: “Fuerte de Bellegarde”

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