Forteresse de Salses (France)

found: Work cat.: Salses Fort, 1998:back cover (in 1659 Salses Fort became French and its military history came to an end; in its day it had been one of the greatest modern forts in Europe) p. 2 (Fort des Salses)

found: MONUM, centre des monuments nationaux WWW site, 14 Nov. 2006:tourism professionals (Forteresse de Salses; built between 1497 and 1504 on the order of Ferdinand the Catholic, King of Aragon, to keep the French out of the Roussillon region; coveted by the French and Spanish it was finally taken by the French in 1642)

found: Les visiteurs WWW site, 14 Nov. 2006:Program 2005 (archives) (Forteresse de Salses; constructed in the late 15th century by the Spanish; its layout and architecture provide a rare example of the transition between the mediaeval fortified chateau and the bastioned fortifications of the modern era)

found: Viquipèdia, 14 Nov. 2006:Salses (Castell de Salses; built to defend Catalonia from French attack)