Fort Dugommier, Military fort in Collioure, France

Fort Dugommier is a military fortification at 223 meters elevation near the southern edge of Collioure, southwest of Fort Saint-Elme, with which it formed a defensive unit. Only the perimeter walls of rough dark grey and brown stone survive; the buildings inside have disappeared. A long, low wall runs along the hilltop, with a tall flat-faced section of lighter, smoother masonry standing forward on the left and another lighter face on the right.

Fort Dugommier was built between 1844 and 1852 on the site of the dry-stone redoubt of Pallat, and named after General Jacques François Dugommier (1738-1794). Barely finished, it was already outclassed by advances in artillery, and from the end of the 19th century it was dismantled: cisterns, two rooms and an inner ditch were filled with rubble from the demolition of the upper floor of the barracks. An association began restoring it in 1997, and it was inscribed as a monument historique in 2003.

Fort Dugommier is named after Jacques François Dugommier (1738–1794), the French general it honours. It stands south of Collioure and southwest of Fort Saint-Elme, with which it formed a single defensive unit guarding the castle and port of Collioure. Today the fort is abandoned and its internal buildings are gone; only the perimeter walls remain.

Fort Dugommier stands at 223 metres near the southern edge of Collioure and is reached by a communal road that leaves Port-Vendres via the Creu Blanca spot and links the D 114 to the fort. The approach is by road, not on foot. The perimeter walls survive, but the buildings inside have gone.

The fort's walls are built of rough dark grey and brown stone, with lighter, smoother masonry faces standing forward on the left and right. It was built on the site of the dry-stone redoubt of Pallat, and its paved glacis is a feature it still keeps.