France: Perpignan

On 1st April I got two postcards: one from France and one from Germany.

The card from France shows various views of Perpignan. Perpignan is a big city in southern France in a region known as northern Catalonia. The city had an eventful past between France and Spain. Founded in the 10th century under French feudal rights, it became the capital for the counts of Roussillon before being bequeathed to the Counts of Barcelona in 1172. In 1276 the Kingdom of Majorca was founded by James I the Conqueror, king of Aragon and count of Barcelona, and Perpignan became the capital of its continental properties. Aragon however reannexed the kingdom in 1344. After a short French occupation between 1463 and 1493, the city remained a part of Aragon and then Spain until 1659, when it was ceded to France in the Treaty of the Pyrenees.

Many Marianne stamps were used here along a Great Scallop. That stamp is from a souvenir sheet with four stamps about Molluscs and Crustaceans (issued 21-02-2022). The postmark is from the philatelic shop in Perpignan.

Thank You very much William!