Villefranche-de-Conflent

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Villefranche-de-Conflent is a fortified medieval village in the Pyrénées-Orientales department of southern France, renowned for its well-preserved ramparts and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
commune ⓘ
fortified town ⓘ
architecturalStyle Vauban-style fortifications ⓘ
military architecture ⓘ
coordinateLatitude 42.586 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude 2.366 ⓘ
country France ⓘ
departmentCode 66 ⓘ
elevation approximately 440 metres ⓘ
foundedBy Count of Cerdanya ⓘ
governedBy mayor of Villefranche-de-Conflent ⓘ
hasCityGate Porte de France ⓘ
Porte d’Espagne ⓘ
hasCityWall medieval ramparts ⓘ
hasFortification Fort Libéria ⓘ
bastions ⓘ
curtain walls ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus Plus Beaux Villages de France ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Villefranche-de-Conflent–Vernet-les-Bains station ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding Église Saint-Jacques de Villefranche-de-Conflent ⓘ
hasTouristAttraction city gates ⓘ
underground passages ⓘ
hasTransport Yellow Train line ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inception 11th century ⓘ
locatedIn Occitanie ⓘ
Pyrénées-Orientales ⓘ
Têt valley ⓘ
southern France ⓘ
locatedInHistoricalRegion Roussillon ⓘ
near Canigou Massif ⓘ
linked to: Canigou
notableFor medieval urban layout ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
well-preserved ramparts ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
partOf Fortifications of Vauban ⓘ
postalCode 66500 ⓘ
regionalLanguage Catalan ⓘ
regionType mountainous area ⓘ
timeZone CET ⓘ
timeZoneDST CEST ⓘ
traversedBy Têt River ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2008 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteID 1283 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria cultural ⓘ
usedToDefend frontier between France and Spain ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canigou → locatedNear → Villefranche-de-Conflent ⓘ
Northern Catalonia → contains → Villefranche-de-Conflent ⓘ
Pyrénées-Orientales → contains → Villefranche-de-Conflent ⓘ
Fortifications of Vauban → locatedIn → Villefranche-de-Conflent ⓘ
Conflent → containsTown → Villefranche-de-Conflent ⓘ
Conflent → hasFortifiedSite → Villefranche-de-Conflent ⓘ
Vernet-les-Bains → locatedNear → Villefranche-de-Conflent ⓘ
Saint-Martin du Canigou Abbey → locatedNear → Villefranche-de-Conflent ⓘ
Catalogne Nord → containsCity → Villefranche-de-Conflent ⓘ
Vauban fortifications of Villefranche-de-Conflent → hasPart → town walls of Villefranche-de-Conflent ⓘ
linked to: Villefranche-de-Conflent
Yellow Train → startStation → Villefranche-de-Conflent ⓘ
Bourg-Madame → hasRailConnectionTo → Villefranche-de-Conflent ⓘ