Prades

Prades lies in the valley of the Têt in Conflent, beneath the heights of Canigou. Nearby stands the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa, an influential religious house whose estates extended across the surrounding Catalan counties. Its church and cloister reflect the monastery’s long history. In 1659 the Treaty of the Pyrenees brought Conflent under the French crown, changing the political allegiance of the valley.