Bellegarde Fort

The fort of Bellegarde has managed to retain the magic and mystery of a place where history still throbs, even though it is no longer a stronghold, crammed full of armed men in uniform… Even though, now, it is the town hall of Le Perthus that watches over Bellegarde as Bellegarde once watched over itself, over this small village nestled in this cleft of the Albères and as if sprouted from seeds scattered by the boots or under the hooves of horses of all that this passage of the Pyrenees has known of travelers, adventurers, invaders, armed troops or crowds in retreat…