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Hunting for Treasure in the Pyrenees-Orientales

An exclusively Catalan frog? Well, not (...)

’Bal-musette’ You are very (...)

Canigou and Kipling In a letter to M. (...)

Castells and castellers (...)

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Don’t shoot! It’s a rifle! (...)

Catalan National Anthem Els Segadors (...)

The start of WW3? Well, let’s (...)

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Havaneres Havaneres - named after the (...)

. Le correllengua On 7th November (...)

How things have changed! LE PERTHUS (...)

Les Dames de France, Perpignan (...)

Lest We Forget ...... Louis Torcatis (...)

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Pont Gisclard gets a paint job Every (...)

Did you know that over a hundred years ago, (...)

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Grub-ada The Catalan tradition for (...)

No one expects the Medieval Inquisition! (...)

Le Maître de Cabestany An anonymous 12th (...)

The meaning of Argelès The name (...)

The obelisk in Port Vendres by Michael (...)

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Thuir, Byrrh, and the Violet Brothers (...)

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Open door to the P-O

On a plateau of the Corbières, near Salses, with panoramic views of sea and lagoon, visible from the A9 motorway and the N9, stands the "Porta dels Països Catalans", or ‘Gate to the Catalan Countries’.

Created by sculptor Emili Armengol, this gateway to north Catalonia is a symbolic border between Languedoc and Roussillon. A giant arc of four open doors, its uprights symbolise the four bars of the Catalan flag. The monument was originally to be built in La Jonquera, but strong protest from the north Catalonians placed it resolutely in France, a first and last landmark for visitors arriving or departing the Roussillon.

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