Trip to Catalans

Perpignan or Perpinya is the old capital of Roussillon, from 1278 to 1344 capital of the kingdom of Majorca (which included the Balearics, Roussillon, Cerdagne and the coastal region extending east to Montpellier) and now the chief town of the department of Pyrenees-Orientales.

Pyrenees-Orientales is the southern most department of the Languedoc Roussillon. Perpignan is located near the Mediterranean Sea in the south of France and is only about 30kms from the Spain. Perpignan retains a distinct Spanish flavour as it was once the capital of the kingdom of Majorca and later Catalonias second-largest city after Barcelona. Perpignan's height was in the 13th and 14th centuries, when the kings of Majorca held their court here. Perpignan is a fascinating city to explore.