Fort de Salses. Next to the sea, in the Corbiéres. A Vauban creation. This squat, dense fort on the Catalan border marks the transition from medieval- to renaissance-period military architecture. Old-style castles with their tall curtain walls sought to survive catapults and archery. Thick Vauban-style forts, with their criss-crossing fields of fire, were designed to withstand concentrated cannon fire.
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