Figueras Attractions
Figueras lies 35km/22mi north of the provincial capital, Gerona, and 15km/9mi northwest of the Golfo de Rosas.
The town is best know for being the birth town of Salvador Dalí and contains the Teatre-Museu Dalí.
The town is best know for being the birth town of Salvador Dalí and contains the Teatre-Museu Dalí.
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Dali Theater-Museum
The Dali Theatre-Museum is easily recognizable by its distinctive exterior. A popularly visited attraction, the Dali Museum showcases works by the great Salvador Dali, a native of Figueras.
Museo del Ampurdán (Museu del Empordà)
At No. 2 on the Ramblas, the tree-shaded main street of the town, is the Museo del Ampurdán, devoted to the history of the Empordà (Spanish Ampurdán) area to the south of the town. On the ground floor is a collection of works by contemporary local painters. On the first floor are displayed ancient glassware, bronze ornaments and implements, black-figure amphoras, terracottas, etc. The earlier material comes largely from the excavations of the Iberian settlement at Ullastret and Ampurias. There are also examples of Romanesque and Gothic art, Baroque costumes and ship models.
