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 The heart of the south and a spicy accent, Perpignan is turned towards Spain and the East, an eye on its past and a smile towards the future.
Plane trees and palm trees cohabit along the wide avenues that bathe in the sun. They offer shade to the beauties sculpted by Maillol that are both naked and proud, to be found in the corner of a courtyard or a small square where a marble fountain gently sings.
The lofty splendour of the Palace of the Majorcan Kings dominates the narrow popular streets overflowing with spices, fruit or fish, a thousand different aromas from around the world.
History is everywhere from the convents to the museums, from the chapels to the processions.
Life is everywhere, in a sardane step, a harmony of jazz, the plucking of an electric guitar or the strumming of a Gypsy on his guitar, an Arabic chant wafting from a window.
In Perpignan it is said that to live in the present is at every instant, to unite both here and there, as well as today and tomorrow.
Heritage in the city of Perpignan
• The "Castillet" and "Casa Pairal" Museum
• The "Palais des Rois de Majorque"
• The "Rigaud", "Puig" and natural history Museums
• "Campo Santo" (convent-cemetery)
• The "Casa Xanxo"
• "Serrat-d’en-Vaquer"
• "Notre Dame des Anges" Chapel
• "Sant Vicens"
• Aviation museum
Highlights in Perpignan
• Tilt Festival, February
• Sacred Music Festival (during Holy Week)
• The Procession of the Sanch (Easter Friday afternoon)
• « Festival Confrontation » (film), April
• Antique Dealers, April
• « Sant Jordi » 23rd April
• International exhibition of ironwork, May
• Roussillon wine fair, June
• « Ida y Vuelta » Festival, June
• Music Festival; 21st June
• The Saint John bonfires evening, 22nd June, «Palais des Rois de Majorque»
• Festivities and the Saint John bonfires, 23rd June
• The « Estivales », July
• « Musique au Palais », « Les nuits du Palais » and « Les nuits Underground » (Music at the Palais des Rois de Majorque), July
• Perpignan on Thursdays, all summer long
• « Visa pour l’image » International Photojournalism Festival, September
• Medieval market, September
• « Guitares au Palais » Festival, September
• International Festival of the disc, September
• Jazzèbre Festival, October
• Night and fair of the “nouveau” wines, October
• « Aujourd’hui Musiques » Festival, November
• Christmas in the Catalan region
More information
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