The Cape Cerbère lighthouse is the last French lighthouse before the border with Catalonia (Spain), also called a “solar lighthouse”. It is located at Cap Cerbère in the commune of Cerbère (Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitania, France), the last commune on the…

Cerbère is located in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, in the Occitania region (France) and borders Spain (Girona province). It has the southernmost seaside resort of mainland France. It’s a popular part of the Vermillion coast of the Mediterranean resorts…

Vermillion (Côte Vermeille) (Mediterranean resorts of France) The length of the Mediterranean coast in Occitania (France) is approximately 250 kilometers. There are many good beaches and marinas on the coast. This part of the Mediterranean coast is not as…

Collioure (in Catalan: Cotlliure) is a town, head of the commune of the same name, of about 3000 inhabitants, of the region of Roussillon, in the Northern Catalonia, Pyrénées-Orientales department, region of Occitania (France). It’s a popular part of the Vermillion…

The town of Port-Vendres (fr. Port-Vendres, cat. Portvendres) is located in the extreme northwest of the district, near the town of Collioure, Occitania, France, Pyrénées-Orientales department. Port-Vendres is one of the few deep-water ports in this part…

Cerbère graffiti, France 2023

Aristide Maillol, a French painter, engraver and sculptor, was born December 8, 1861 in Banyuls-sur-Mer (Occitania, France) and died there on September 27, 1944. He began his career in painting and, very early on, became interested in decorative arts (ceramics…

Banyuls-sur-Mer monument The sardana is a popular traditional dance considered the national dance of Catalonia (Spain). It is danced by men and women, holding hands, forming a circle, and tapping with their feet the bars of the music played by the couplet.…

Saint-Cyprien is a commune located in the east of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Occitania region (France). It’s a popular part of the Amethyst Coast of the Mediterranean resorts of France. The commune is in Roussillon, a former province of the…

Canet-en-Roussillon is a commune located in the northeast of the Pyrénées-Orientales department , in the Occitania region (France). Its inhabitants are called Canétois. It’s a popular part of the Amethyst Coast of the Mediterranean resorts of France. It is…

Le Barcarès, also called Port Barcarès, is a commune located in the northeast of the Pyrénées-Orientales, in the Occitania region (France). It’s a popular part of the Amethyst Coast of the Mediterranean resorts of France. Historically and culturally, the…

Leucate (fr. Leucate), or Port Leucate, is a commune in France, which belongs to the former region Languedoc-Roussillon. Department of the Commune – Aude – in the Occitania region (France). Included in the canton Les Corbières Méditerranée. District of the…

Céret is a commune of around 8,000 inhabitants located in the south of Occitania (France, Pyrenees). It is one of the sub-prefectures of the Pyrénées-Orientales department. Historically and culturally, the commune is in Vallespir, a former viscounty (included…

Aubiry castle (fr. Château d’Aubiry) is an eclectic Neo-Baroque castle built in Céret (in the Eastern Pyrenees, Occitania, France) at the end of the 19th century. Chateau d’Aubiry is located near Saint-Jean-Pla-de-Corts and one can see it to the right of…

Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda is a commune created in 1942 and located in the southeast of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, in the Occitania region (Pyrenees, France). Historically and culturally, the commune is in Vallespir, a former viscounty (included in…

The abbey of Saint Mary of Arles-sur-Tech was a Benedictine monastery in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in Arles-sur-Tech (Occitania, France, Pyrenees) in the Vallespir between the 9th century and the 18th. It was dedicated to Mary, mother of Jesus, and…

Arles-sur-Tech is a commune located in the south of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, in the arrondissement of Céret, in the Occitania region (France, Pyrenees). Historically and culturally, the commune is in Vallespir, a former viscounty (included in the…

Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste is a commune, located in Occitania, in the arrondissement of Céret (France, Pyrenees), department of Pyrénées-Orientales. Surrounded by ramparts, its old medieval town with cobbled streets is dominated by Fort Lagarde. The latter…

 Arreau is a commune located in the south-east of the Hautes-Pyrénées department, in the Occitania region (France, Pyrenees). Historically and culturally, the commune is in the Pays d’Aure, made up of the Neste valley (downstream of Sarrancolin), the Aure…

The French Atlantic Coast, or Atlantic facade, is bordered in mainland France by the Iroise Sea, the Bay of Audierne and the Bay of Biscay, extending from Conquet to Hendaye. It is made up of municipalities in the departments of Finistère, Morbihan, Loire…

Château de Soum (Hautes-Pyrénées department, Lourdes, Occitania, France), originally called Villa Fourneau then Château de Soum, the building was designed by Jules Fourneau (owner of the Hôtel d’Italie), according to plans by architect Jean-Marie Lacrampe.…