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Dalí Theatre and Museum

The Dalí Theatre and Museum, is a museum of the artist Salvador Dalí in his home town of Figueres, in Catalonia, Spain.

Located at 42.2681, 2.95944 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Art museums and galleries in Catalonia, Salvador Dalí, Biographical museums in Spain, Former theatres, Visionary environments, Art museums established in 1974, 1974 establishments in Spain

Alt Empordà

Alt Empordà ("Upper Empordà") is a comarca (county) in Girona, Catalonia, Spain, one of two into which Empordà was divided by the comarcal division of Catalonia in 1936.

Located at 42.2881, 2.93306 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Alt Empordà

Muga (river)

The Muga is a river in Catalonia which rises in the Alberes mountains of the eastern Pyrenees and enters the sea at the Gulf of Roses. The river is 58 km long with its source below the summit of Montnegre (1,186m). The river passes through the village of Pont de Molins and passes through the Pantà de Boadella, where the river is dammed. The Muga Valley was entrusted to the County of Empúries by Ramon Berenguer III after being in the County of Besalú.

Located at 42.3138, 2.92846 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Rivers of Catalonia

Cabanes, Girona

Cabanes is a municipality in the comarca of Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.

Located at 42.3111, 2.97694 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Municipalities in Alt Empordà

Figueres Vilafant railway station

Figueres Vilafant is a railway station near Figueres in the Alt Empordà county of Catalonia, Spain, on the LGV Perpignan–Figueres line. It opened on 19 December 2010. As of 12 January 2013 (2013-01-12), it is the last stop of both French SNCF TGV trains from Paris and Spanish RENFE AVE trains from Barcelona and Madrid. The Figueres Vilafant station is also connected to the Spanish broad gauge railway network.

Located at 42.2656, 2.94222 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Railway stations in Catalonia, Figueres

Sant Ferran Castle

The Sant Ferran Castle (Catalan: Castell de Sant Ferran; Spanish: Castillo de San Fernando) is situated on a hill in Figueres, Catalonia at the end of Pujada del Castell. It is a large military fortress built in the eighteenth century under the orders of several military engineers, including Peter Martin i Cermeño Juan Martin Cermeño. It is the largest monument of Catalonia.

Located at 42.2736, 2.94639 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Castles in Catalonia, Figueres

Figueres railway station

Figueres is a railway station on the R11 of Media Distancia of Renfe in Catalonia located on the eastern side of the historic Old Town center of Figueres in the Alt Empordà county of the Girona province. In addition to regional lines, the station is also a stopping point for long distance trains such as Talgo, Trenhotel, and Costa Brava l'Estrella. The station is on the line from Barcelona to Port Bou.

Located at 42.265, 2.96889 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Figueres, Railway stations in Catalonia

Siege of Figueras (1811)

The Siege of Figueras, which lasted from 10 April to 19 August 1811, saw the Spanish garrison of Sant Ferran Castle (San Fernando Fortress) led by Brigadier General Juan Antonio Martínez defend against an Imperial French force commanded by Marshal Jacques MacDonald and his deputy Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers. Martínez and his men held out much longer than expected but were eventually starved into surrendering the fortress, which was near Figueras.

Located at 42.2667, 2.96667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Battles of the Peninsular War, Battles of the Napoleonic Wars, Sieges involving Spain, Sieges involving France, Sieges involving Germany, Sieges involving Italy, Conflicts in 1811