Figueres

Hi, this is my first blog, hope you enjoy it. I've chosen to do it on the city of Figueres, the birthplace of Salividor Dalí. It's in the province of Girona in north-east Catalonia, the city is bordered very closely to France.
Whilst on holiday a few years ago in Palámos, we went to Figueres for the day to go to the Dalí museum and to see the Castell de Sant Ferran, a huge fortress, the biggest in Catalonia and one of the largest in Europe, measuring at 55.08 hectares, used as a defence mechanism against the French during the 18th and 19th centuries. However now it is open to the public after an agreement was signed between the Ministry of Defence, the Catalonian autonomous government and the Figueres town council. Here is a link to an aerial video which shows the fortress: http://www.castillosanfernando.org/ENG/castillo.php

We visited the Dalí museum too, el teatre-museu Dalí, the museum holds many of his famous works including the Mae West room and a range of his paintings and sculptures. There is also a central courtyard with other works such as the Cadillac plujós, a Cadillac with people trapped inside, which has been fitted with a system which makes it rain every now and again. Dalí is buried in a crypt in the museum which can be seen.