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Villefranche-de-Conflent is located, as its name indicates it, in the middle of Conflent between Prades
and Olette
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This city was built by the count Guillaume-Raymond de Cerdagne, in the year 1090 and took advantage as early as its origin of fiscal advantages, that's why its name means in French "free town".
Until the eighteenth century, it is the administrative capital of this region.
The ramparts are strengthened by king d'Aragon in the thirteenth century who used it as an outlying post. But it is Vauban who gave it its actual aspect.
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Sightseeing tours are organized by the office of Tourism and you will discover, at first, the ramparts and their history.
After this visit, we advise you to take a walk in the middle of the city in which you will be delighted to see the pink marbled houses (13 - 14 century) and the picturesque alleys, the shops and their old wrought iron signs, the marvellous door of Spain, its church Saint Jacques
and all the relics of the past, here and there.
The other curiosities are :
The stronghold Libéria
and the trip in yellow train
that you shouldn't miss.
For any information or demand of documentation, please , contact the Office of Villefranche de Conflent's tourism.
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