REMAINS OF THE CASTLE OF LEUCATE
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Remains of the castle of Leucate with a location to admire the surroundings, with different architectural influences
Take time to contemplate the remains of the castle of Leucate, their features suggest several architectural influences and its location allows you to admire the surroundings. Well hidden, the remains demonstrate the importance of Leucate, especially in the Middle Ages, when the territory was a border town on the edge of two kingdoms, Spain and France. The architecture of the castle was originally very rudimentary, corresponding to the style of the 12th and 13th centuries. It has continued to evolve over the centuries. Its greatest evolution took place during the Renaissance, in the 16th century, with the development of a then avant-garde concept: the bastioned enclosures. The castle of Leucate was the first prototype built in Europe on this principle. Once relations with Spain had calmed down, with the signing of the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659, the strategic importance of the monument diminished. Its destruction was requested and implemented in 1665.
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