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Perpignan / France

Perpignan ; Catalan: Perpinyà [pəɾpiˈɲa]; Occitan: Perpinhan) is the prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in Southwest France, and the centre of the metropolitan area Perpignan Mediterranée Métropole. Perpignan was the capital of the former province and County of Roussillon and continental capital of the Kingdom of Majorca in the 13th and 14th centuries. In 2016 Perpignan had 121,875 inhabitants in French, Perpinyanés in Catalan) in the commune proper, and the metropolitan area had a total population of 268,577.

Hyacinthe Rigaud

Perpignan / France

Jacint Rigau-Ros i Serra , known as Hyacinthe Rigaud , was a French baroque painter most famous for his portraits of Louis XIV and other members of the French nobility.

Master of Cabestany

Perpignan / France

The Master of Cabestany is the name given to an anonymous sculptor active in the second half of the 12th century. He was identified in the 1930s after the discovery of several pieces remarkable for their workmanship and their style; chief among these was the tympanum of the church in Cabestany in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France, from which he received his name. Subsequent research confirmed the presence of his works in the departments of Aude and Pyrénées-Orientales, as well as in northern Catalonia; examples of his art have also been seen in Tuscany and in Navarre.