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Collioure is an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) situated around the town, (Collioure AOC), producing red, rosé and a few white wines. The ancient terraced vines in the hills behind the town also provide grapes for the apéritif and dessert wines of the ( Banyuls ) appellation, which shares its boundaries with the Collioure appellation.
Collioure (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) for French wines situated around the town of Collioure in the Roussillon wine region of France. Red, rosé and a few white wines are produced-the reds from Grenache noir , Mourvèdre , Syrah , Carignan and Cinsaut grapes; the white are made from a blend of ...
The Château is the juxtaposition of at least four castles. Roussillon was conquered by the Romans around 120 BC and then occupied by the Visigoths from 418. The first mention is about a fortified site in Collioure under siege in 673, by Wamba, king of the Visigoths who lay siege to the "Castellum Caucolibéri" to subdue a rebellion.
Fort Saint-Elme is a military fort constructed between 1538 and 1552 under the reign of Charles V.Situated in the district of Collioure, approximately 30 kilometres southeast of Perpignan, in the department of Pyrénées-Orientales, it is designated as a monument historique of Côte Vermeille.
The siege of Collioure (6 – 29 May 1794) saw a Republican French army led by Jacques François Dugommier invest the French port of Collioure held by a Spanish garrison commanded by Eugenio Navarro. The actual siege work was carried out by Pierre François Sauret 's reinforced division.
The Battle of Collioure (20–23 December 1793) saw troops from Spain attack a French division during the War of the Pyrenees. The Spanish troops led by Gregorio García de la Cuesta were completely successful in ousting the French under Louis Pierre François Delattre from Collioure , Fort Saint-Elme and Port-Vendres .
The towns of Collioure, Port-Vendres and Banyuls-sur-Mer are nested along a 20 km stretch of beaches, small bays, creeks and coves. The Côte Vermeille, showing Argelès-sur-Mer, Collioure, Port-Vendres, Paulilles and Banyuls-sur-Mer.
Libéria was one of a number of forts Vauban built or redesigned between Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste (Fort Lagarde) and Collioure (Fort Saint-Elme and Château Royal de Collioure). These fortifications (including Mont-Louis and Fort de Bellegarde) were to block access to the Têt and Segre valleys, and were built with angular slopes to resist ...