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• Salvador Dalí's house in Port Lligat. Cadaqués.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Port Lligat s/n. 17488. Cadaqués. Girona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 972251083 | E-mail: pllgrups@dali-estate.org. www.salvador-dali.org. The Port Lligat House-Museum is formed by a series of fishermen's cabins out of which Salvador Dalí and his wife Gala created this labyrinthine structure. You ca…

• Monastery and church of San Pedro de Roda. Port de la Selva, El.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Camino del Monasterio s/n. 17489. Port de la Selva, El. Girona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 972387559 | E-mail: monestir@terramar.org. http://www.es.mhcat.cat/content/view/full/6050. This church and the monastery are examples of Catalan 10th-century transitional architecture. Vestiges of elements from the…

• Citadel of Roses. Roses.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Avinguda de Rhode, s/n. 17480. Roses. Girona. (Catalonia) E-mail: info@patrimonideroses.cat. http://www.roses.cat/es/Turisme/Patrimoni/Ciutadella.aspx. Located beside the bay of the same name, the citadel of Roses is an imposing military fortification which contains on its interior a succession of t…

• Greek ruins of Empuries. Escala, L'.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 17130. Empuries. Escala, L'. Girona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 972775975 | E-mail: macempuries.cultura@gencat.cat. http://www.mac.cat/esl/Sedes/Empuries. Ampurias is the most important Greek archaeological site to be found in Spain.Its origin stems from the settlement of Greek colonisers during the 5th …

• Empúries. Escala, L'.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Puig i Cadafalch s/n. 17130. Escala, L'. Girona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 972775975 | E-mail: macempuries.cultura@gencat.cat. http://www.mac.cat/esl/Sedes/Empuries. The important archaeological site at Empúries was inhabited by different civilisations over the ages. The city was founded by the Gr…

• Peralada Castle. Peralada.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza del Carmen 1. 17491. Peralada. Girona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 972538087 | E-mail: infomuseo@castilloperelada.com. www.museucastellperalada.com. The castle was built by Viscount Rocabertí in the 14th century outside the walled enclosure, beside the Carmelite Covent. In 1923 it was acquired by Mi…

• San Quirze Monastery in Colera. Rabós.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Carretera de Rabós a 5 kms. de Rabós. 17754. Sant Quirze de Colera. Rabós. Girona. (Catalonia) There are two documented consecrations of the monastery, one in 935 and the other in 1123. Built with two slabs of slate one on top of the other.The church is dedicated to San Miguel, and is Romanesque wit…

• Santa María Collegiate Church. Vilabertran.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Abadía 4. 17760. Vilabertran. Girona. (Catalonia) www.vilabertran.com. The heart of the Monastic complex of Santa María de Vilabertrán is organised around a trapezoidal plan cloister. To the north of the latter lies the church, of a basilica plan with three naves, the central nave topped with …

• Dalí Theatre-Museum. Figueres.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Plaza de Gala y Salvador Dalí 5. 17600. Figueres. Girona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 972501666 | E-mail: tmgrups@fundaciodali.org. http://www.salvador-dali.org/. A treasure of Surrealism. This museum evokes the life and work of Salvador Dalí, a genius of Surrealism. The Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres, d…

• El Puig de Sant Andreu Iberian Settlement. Ullastret.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Puig de Sant Andreu. 17114. Ullastret. Girona. (Catalonia) E-mail: macullastret.cultura@gencat.cat. http://www.mac.cat/esl/Sedes/Ullastret/Presentacion. It is a pre-Roman archaeological site of the Indiketes tribe.Dating from the 6th century B.C., to the 2nd century B.C. There are very few remains o…

• San Julián de Boada Shrine. Palau-Sator.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 17494. Sant Juliá de Boada. Palau-Sator. Girona. (Catalonia) Located in the town centre. On of the most interesting pre-Romanesque monuments in the region, named an Historic-Artistic Monument in 1931. Today it is a monument of national cultural interest.Worship has not been performed in the church s…

• Púbol Castle, Gala Dalí House-Museum. Pera, La.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Plaza Gala Dalí s/n. 17120. Púbol. Pera, La. Girona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 972488653 | E-mail: pbgrups@dali-estate.org. www.salvador-dali.org. The castle that the artist Salvador Dalí gave to his muse, Gala, as a gift. Since 1996, the Medieval castle of Púbol has been the site of the Gala Dalí House…

• Cork Museum. Palafrugell.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Placeta del Museu, s/n. 17200. Palafrugell. Girona. (Catalonia) Fax.: +34 972302310 | E-mail: info@museudelsuro.cat. www.museudelsuro.cat. From the cork oak. This exhibit explains the process of manufacturing cork. The museum is dedicated exclusively to the preservation, study and dissemination of t…

• Cap Roig Botanical Garden. Palafrugell.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Paraje de Cap Roig, (Jardí Botànic Cap Roig) s/n. 17210. Calella. Palafrugell. Girona. (Catalonia) E-mail: info@caproig.cat. In 1927, Colonel Woevodsky and Dorothy Webster bought the land of this estate in Cap Roig where they began building a castle and a magnificent park. The works continued until …

• Viejo Bridge in Besalú. Besalú.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Sobre el río Fluvià. 17850. Besalú. Girona. (Catalonia) E-mail: otbesalu@turismegarrotxa.com. www.ajuntamentbesalu.org. Located on the Fluvía river.Passing through the towered entrance accesses the county's capital.It is believed to have been built in the 11th century on a Roman bridge and rebuilt d…

• Church of San Vicente de Besalú. Besalú.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de San Vicente s/n. 17850. Besalú. Girona. (Catalonia) E-mail: turisme@besalu.cat. http://www.besalu.cat.   The construction of the current church dates from the 13th century, and includes both Romanesque and Gothic elements. There are three naves, a transept and three apses in the sanctuary. …