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Audio Guide Céret
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Céret is a small Catalan town in the French Pyrenees that punches well above its weight in art history: Picasso, Braque, and Matisse all worked here, earning it the nickname 'the Mecca of Cubism.' Its medieval bridges, bullfighting traditions, and cherry festivals give it a character that goes far beyond a single identity.
12+ researched places in the app
Yes. Parroo is a self-guided audio guide for Céret: 12 researched places, from Devil's Bridge (Old Bridge) to Museum of Modern Art of Céret and Saint Peter's Church of Céret, each with a short summary, a full article, and a roughly three-minute audio story in German, English, and French. Buy once, no subscription, no booking. Start whenever you like.
Audio sample: Devil's Bridge (Old Bridge)
Céret
Places researched in this city
A selection of the 12 places we've researched in this city. The full set is in the Parroo app.
- Medieval bridges
- Modern art museum
- Catalan monuments
- Historic churches
- Medieval gates
- Civic fountains
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Devil's Bridge (Old Bridge)
When it was completed in 1341, this single stone arch spanning 45.45 metres was the longest of its kind in the world, a record that came with an obligatory legend about a deal with the devil. Built during the reign of the Kings of Majorca, it has been a classified Monument Historique since 1840.
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Museum of Modern Art of Céret
Founded in 1948 inside a former 17th-century Carmelite convent that previously served as a gendarmerie barracks and a prison, this museum holds works by Picasso and Matisse who both spent time in Céret. A 2022 expansion added 1,300 square metres of exhibition space.
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Saint Peter's Church of Céret
First mentioned in a decree of Emperor Louis the Pious in 814, this 50-metre-long church layers four distinct architectural phases onto one another, from a pre-Romanesque core to a Baroque dome modelled on Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome. A Catalan inscription on the Gothic portal records its installation to the year 1398.
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France Gate and Spain Gate
Two medieval town gates, one facing France and one facing Spain, that mark Céret's centuries-long position as a border town between two kingdoms. Built under the Kingdom of Majorca between the 13th and 15th centuries, they passed to French control only after the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659.
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War Memorial 'The Pain'
Aristide Maillol chose to represent grief rather than heroism for Céret's 1922 war memorial: a seated female figure in light-grey sandstone honouring 161 local soldiers lost in World War I. A bronze version of the same figure stands in Paris, and the Céret original is classified as a Monument Historique.
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Fountain of the Nine Jets
Built in 1313 on the order of King Sanç I of Majorca, this granite fountain has been quietly recording the town's political shifts ever since: in 1479 Ferdinand II of Aragon added a sculpted lion to its base, and after 1659 Louis XIV had the lion reoriented to face France. It was listed as a Monument historique in 1910 and restored in 2013.
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La Capelleta
Above the entrance to this 1649 hospital chapel sits a 14th-century white marble Crucifixion that actually predates the building around it. In 1985 the decommissioned chapel was transformed into a contemporary arts venue and fitted with new stained glass by Alfred Manessier.
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Good to know
12 researched places, from the Devil's Bridge and the Museum of Modern Art to lesser-known spots like La Capelleta. Each one has a short summary, a full article, and a ~3-minute audio story.
Yes. Every place has a ~3-minute audio story, written from the perspective of a guide standing next to you and produced with premium narration, not the article read aloud.
German, English, and French. Pick whichever you'd rather read or listen in.
No booking, no signup. It's a self-guided walk you start whenever you like. You do need a connection for now to stream the audio and load articles; offline support is something we're still building.
A one-time €4.99 for the whole city, no subscription and no recurring cost. You buy Céret once and keep access to all 12 places with text and audio.
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Updated: 2026-09-25