Photogallery of Figueres, Spain

Figueres is a small Spanish city not far from the border with Spain that has gained worldwide recognition as the birthplace of famous surrealist artist Salvador Dali. Nowadays, this is also the main supplier of food and wine in Catalonia. The fact that the genius artist was born here has greatly helped Figueres to become a popular tourist destination. Nowadays, tourists from different parts of the world arrive in this city in order to see the popular theater designed by Salvador Dali himself and walk on the same streets with the great artist. First settlers in this area, the Indigetes, lived here yet in 600 BC. At that time, this was a swampy region covered with dense reed. Local people were building their houses on a hill in order to protect the buildings from water. Archaeologists found many fragments of ceramic items that belong to that period. When the Romans came to this land, they founded a small village and named it after reed or sedge, to be precise. As the new settlement was built along the Via Domitia and was a stop for merchants, it quickly became famous. During the antique period, the city had another name – Juncaria. The Visigoths gave Figueres its current name. Naturally, the Dalí Theatre and Museum is the first sight that tourists usually visit in Figueres. The opening of this venue took place in the 70s of the 20th century. Initially, this was an old theater. Nowadays, this is the most popular tourist destination in this Spanish city. The building had … Read further