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Fort Saint-Elme

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    1. Tour Madeloc – View of the Côte Vermeille loop from Collioure

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    Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

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    Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

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    Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    April 4, 2018

    Fort Saint-Elme overlooks the small bays of Collioure and Port-Vendres.
    On the foundation of an eighteenth-century lighthouse, Emperor Charles V had a revolutionary fortress built in 1538 in the shape of a star: without dead angles, with oblique, several meters thick walls, which withstood the most modern artillery of that time. In the 17th century, Vauban wants to expand Port-Vendres into an extremely important military port with the Fort Saint Elme as a cornerstone. In Fort Saint-Elme, Habsburgs and Valois met each other, then the Bourbons. It therefore tells a five-hundred-year-old, largely unknown story.

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      September 13, 2019

      Worth seeing fortress with great views. Costs € 7 per adult

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        September 7, 2020

        breathtaking view from Fort Saint Elme

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          Location: Collioure, Céret, Occitania, France

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