Figueres, Spain

Figueres is a city in the province of Girona, Spain, known to the world as the birthplace of Salvador Dali. It is the capital of his Catalan empire, which houses the Dali Theatre-Museum, which opened in 1974. This landmark is the fourth most visited in Spain after the Prado Museum in Madrid, the Picasso Museum and the Nou Camp football stadium in Barcelona.
The unusual building of the Dali Theatre-Museum is round like a tower and has huge eggs on the roof. In the Dali Theatre-Museum tourists can see besides the falling Cadillacs and numerous drawings of the artist, and the hall "May West", a masterpiece inspired by actress May West - her lips are a red sofa, her hair is presented with yellow curtains, the role of eyes play framed paintings. and her nose is a fireplace. The famous sofa is in the shape of lips.
Dali made his first exhibition as a child in a building that is now in the middle of the Dali Theatre-Museum. During the Spanish Civil War, the old theater, the scene of the megalomaniac world of the brightest and most demanding artist, was bombed and its remains stood for decades until Dali and the mayor of Figueras decided to rebuild it.
The Dali Theatre-Museum is home not only to works by Salvador Dali, but also to artists such as El Greco and Marcel Duchamp. On the ground floor of the Dali Theatre-Museum in Figueres is the crypt, where Salvador Dali himself is buried.
The artist's famous sculpture, "Elephant with Mosquito Legs", is on display in the garden of Pubol Castle in Figueres. Salvador Dali bought it for his wife Gala in 1968. "Pubol" dates from the 14th century and was later completely restored. Gala lived in it until his death, and today it is a museum.
An alternative to the Dali Theatre-Museum is the charming Museo de Jogets. Other sights there are the tower of the city church and the remains of the Palace of San Ferran. Narcissus Monturial Etariol, the inventor of the first successful submarine-powered machine, and Monica Naranjo, one of Spain's most famous singers, were born in Figueres.