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982 - The fortified church at the back of the house is consecrated. It is open daily and is noted for its Romanesque doorway (1245), guilded wooden reredos sculpted by Louis Generes and whale bone (a votive offering) embedded in one of the church walls.

1242 Prats de Mollo became a royal town and had representation in the “Corts Catalane Parliament”

1637 and after - The town was pillaged during the long wars between France, Spain, Catalonia and Castille.

1659 - The treaty of the Pyrenees was signed ending nearly 30 years of war. Prats de Mollo and the Rousillon region are incorporated into the kingdom of France. The severance of commercial ties with Barcelona starts an economic decline in the region.

1661 – A royal edict by Louis X1V establishes the salt tax, something the region had been exempt from since 1320. This provokes a rebellion and ten years of war with the armies of Louis X1V.

1670 – French troops invade Prats de Mollo but local fighting in the Vallespir continues until 1677

1679 – The ramparts in the town are strengthened by the French and Forte Lagarde is built overlooking the town

1793 – After the French Revolution and because of the animosity between the townsfolk and the garrison, the people of Prats open the town and fort gates to the army of General Ricardos who briefly captures the town.

1914 to1918 – Prats de Mollo pays a heavy toll in the Great War.

1939 – The retreat of Spanish republicans at the end of the civil war saw 100,000 refugees pass through the town between January and March 1939.

1939 to 1945 – Local resistance groups helped many allied troops to cross the border into Spain. Twenty-two local guides were arrested during this period.