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Panissars Ruins

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Location: La Jonquera, Alt Emporda, Girona, Catalonia, Spain

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1. Panissars Ruins – Around the castle loop from Le Perthus

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2. Panissars Ruins – Around the castle loop from Le Perthus

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3. Panissars Ruins – Around the castle loop from la Jonquera

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370m

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Luc Gesell

December 13, 2023

Panissars was a small village in Antiquity. Today only a few vestiges remain.
If the site retains such strong historical interest, it is because General Pompey had his trophy built there, to bring to posterity his victory over the Iberians. Getting there also means going to the old border between Gaul and Hispania.

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PyrenäenTomTom

May 13, 2021

There are ruins, a watchtower and a cemetery here.
Tour to the highlight: komoot.de/tour/340869850?ref=itd

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An Argentona

January 2, 2024

At the eastern end of the Pyrenees, the current border between France and Spain has its main road crossing point between the French department of the Pyrenees-Orientales and the province of Girona in the Pertús Pass.

However, in Antiquity (and until the 17th century) access was a little further south of the municipal area, through the Port of Panissars, which today is a relatively wild and isolated place separated from the Pertús pass by a hill in the where the fort or castle of Ballaguarda stands, built in the 17th century.

In the Port of Panissars, at about 340 meters above sea level, there are the ruins of the old priory and the Benedictine hospital of Saint Mary. Among them are the remains of an older monument erected in 71 BC, the Trophy of Pompey.

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Location: La Jonquera, Alt Emporda, Girona, Catalonia, Spain

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Panissars Ruins

1. Panissars Ruins – Around the castle loop from Le Perthus

2. Panissars Ruins – Around the castle loop from Le Perthus

3. Panissars Ruins – Around the castle loop from la Jonquera

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