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Perpignan (UK: / ˈ p ɜːr p ɪ n j ɒ̃ /, US: / ˌ p ɛər p iː ˈ n j ɑː n /, French: [pɛʁpiɲɑ̃] ⓘ; Catalan: Perpinyà, [pəɾpiˈɲa]; Occitan: Perpinhan, [peɾpiˈɲa]) is the prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in Southern France, in the heart of the plain of Roussillon, at the foot of the Pyrenees a few ...
- Palais des Rois de Majorque. The Kingdom of Majorca didn’t control Perpigan for much more than 70 years, from 1276 to 1349, but you can still see the mark it made on the city.
- Perpignan Cathedral. Started in the 1300s, this building didn’t actually become Perpignan’s cathedral until the beginning of the 1600s when the “see” was relocated here from nearby Elne.
- Perpignan Castillet. The city’s most photographed sight is the tough gatehouse that commanded the main entrance-way to the city from the 1300s onwards.
- Hôtel de Ville. Founded in the early 1300s under the orders of King Sancho I, the Hall of the Consuls was the ancestor of Perpignan’s city hall, where the city’s representatives would meet.
- Palais des Rois de Majorque. Perpignan’s most dominant monument, the Palace of the Kings of Mallorca sprawls over a huge area to the south of the old town.
- Cathédrale St-Jean. Perpignan’s old town has several intriguing churches, but the most impressive is the Cathédrale St-Jean, begun in 1324 and not completed until 1509…
- Musée d'Art Hyacinthe Rigaud. Occupying two elegant hôtels particuliers (private mansions) right in the historical centre, this museum was entirely renovated in 2017 and now ranks as…
- Place de la Loge. Three fine stone structures flank place de la Loge. The 14th-century La Loge de Mer was rebuilt during the Renaissance; it was once Perpignan’s stock…
Perpignan Écouter, est une commune du Sud de la France, préfecture du département des Pyrénées-Orientales et quatrième ville la plus peuplée de la région Occitanie.
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