Prehistory :

• The Museum of Tautavel

          European Centre of Prehistory

Visitors to the village of Tautavel will discover a museum with the latest interactive technologies, sumptuous reconstructions, films, models, and a wall of images. All of these combine with the archeological material to retrace the biological and cultural evolution of human beings and to discover the daily life of prehistoric hunters.

• Bélesta Museum of prehistory

Antiquity :

• During the second Punic War, the Carthaginian general Hannibal passed through Panissars Pass, that is to say the Perthus...
• Ampurias (Spain): lunch in Cadaquès

Middle Ages :

• Romanesque Art

- Saint Martin du Canigou, 11th and 12th C.abbey, accessible only on foot or in a jeep from Casteil or Vernet.

- Serrabonne, Romanesque priory from the 11th and 12th C.

- SaintMichel de Cuixa, Romanesque abbey from the 10th and the 11th C. (Music Festival Pablo Casal )

In 878 AD, the religious community from Eixalada monastery was forced to take refuge at Cuixa, following a dramatic rise in the water of the Têt. Sixty monks set up a communication network which offered the abbey unique influence throughout Europe. During the Revolution, most of the building was destroyed and the abbey abandoned until 1950. It owes its new life to cellist Pablo Casals, a refugee in France after fleeing from Franco's dictatorship. After years of silence, he gave the first public concerts in the church. The restored abbey is now home to a Benedictine community.

• Gothic Art

- Le Palais des Rois de Majorque ( Royal Palace of Majorque )

- Elne

Former capital of the Roussillon, Elne was an Episcopal city from 568 to 1602, The XIth century was marked by the construction of a fortress-cathedral. Sainte-Eulalie cathedral originally had a symetrical facade until one of its towers was destroyed.

• Castles

- Cathar Castles.

- Royal Castleof Collioure.

- Medieval Castle of Castelnou

• The fortress of Salses, masterpice of military architecture (15th century)
• Villefranche de Conflent, a medieval garnison town.
• Prats de Mollo's Castle
• Perthus' Castle.

Contemporary art:

• Museum of modern art of Ceret (cubism)

      ( recommended lunch at the Restaurant " Les Feuillants")

• Dali Museum in Figueras (Spain)
• Visa pour l'image:

      International Photojournalism Festival in Perpignan (September).