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Forteresse de Salses
Salses Fortress is located in the department of Pyrenees Orientales in Languedoc-Roussillon region.
The building is a veritable fortress. Tourists can admire its four cylindrical towers at its four corners are. Part of the building was built below ground to make it less visible to potential enemies.
If attacked, the enemies would have encountered at a height of steps intended to uneven tire them out. The castle consists of two parts, a central element of which is the parade and the other consists of a dungeon. The latter is accessible by a drawbridge.
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Opening hours
Open daily :
June 1 to september 30, 9:30 am to 19h
October 1 to may 31, 10am to 12:15 and 14h to 17h
Closed :
1 January, 1 May, 1 and 11 November, December 25
Contact booking groups :
resa.salses @ monuments-nationaux.fr
Prices
Full price : 7 €
Reduced price : 4.50 €
Adult groups : 5,50 € (from 20 persons)
School groups : 30 € (35 people maximum)
Free :
Under 18 (accompanied by an adult)
18-25 years (nationals of 27 countries of the European Union and non-European residents regularly on French territory)
Disabled person and their companion
Jobseeker
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