page_title: Argelès-sur-Mer
section_title: Sites of interest
hierarchical_section_title: Argelès-sur-Mer / Culture / Sites of interest
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Dolmen des collets de Cotlliure
context_page_description: Argelès-sur-Mer is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
  It is about 25 km from Perpignan.
context_section_description: Buildings
  Dolmen of the Collets de Cotlliure (Monument historique)
  Dolmen of the Cova de l'Alarb (Monument historique)
  Dolmen of Sant Pere dels Forquets
  Chapel of Saint-Jérôme d'Argelès, from the 10th century
  Church of Saint-Ferréol de la Pava (Monument historique), from the 10th century
  Parish church of Notre-Dame del Prat, from the 14th to the 20th centuries (Monument historique)
  Church of Sainte-Marie de Torreneules, from the 8th to the 10th centuries
  Abbey of Valbonne, from the 13th to the 14th centuries
  Church of Saint-Laurent-du-Mont, from the 12th century (Monument historique)
  Church of Saint-Martin-et-Sainte-Croix, from the 11th or 12th century, and the old village of Taxo d'Avall (both Monument historique)
  Church of Saint-Pierre dels Forquets, pre-romanesque ruins
  Castle of Pujols, from the 13th century (Monument historique)
  Massane tower, in the Albera Massif, from the 13th century
  Castle of Valmy, from the 19th century
  Casa de l'Albera, museum about the Albera Massif
  Natural sites
  National nature reserve of the Mas Larrieu
  National nature reserve of the Massane forest
  The Bois des pins is the historical pine forest located near the beach front. Created in the 1860s by the General Council of the Pyrénées-Orientales, it still has to this day over 8,000 centenarian pines.
caption: Dolmen of the Collets de Cotlliure
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