Mediterranean cultures

Archaeology Neoilithic monuments of Albera mountain range, the Seriny Historic Caves Park, the Cova d'en Daina i Romanyd de la Selva, the Iberian settlement at Ullastret and the Greco-Roman city of Empuries provide millennial testimony that has still the power to surprise and move visitors. lomanesque e offered the essence of a millennial heritage that transports them into world of unique religious, civil and military constructions. Do not miss steries of Sant Pere de Rodes, Sant Joan de les Abadesses, Santa Maria and Sant Feliu de Guixols, the church of Sant Cristbfor in Beget, and hes of Llanars, Mollo, Santa Maria de Porqueres and Santa Maria de in.

This period of history goes on to offer us the valuable legacy of remarkable Gothic dings such as the church of Santa Mari, in Castelld d'Empuries, known mpgrdS cathedral"; the convent of Sant Domdnec, the cathedral and other buildings in the old quarter of Girona; the castle and the Carmelite convent Ja; the parish church and Montgri castle, in Torroella de Montgri, and the tres of Pals, Peratallada and Sant Marti d'Empuries, amongst many others. Saroquetic style bears witness to the exquisite sensibility of the society from which it arose, with examples to be the altarpieces of Girona cathedral and the parish churches of Cadaqu6s, Palamds and Lloret de Mar.

Other baroque buildings include the Citadel of Roses, and the Carmelite convent and the Hospital of Sant Jaume э name just a few examples. Modernism im is one of the finest movements in Catalan architecture, examples of which can be admired in buildings te Cusl and Salleras houses in Figueres, the Serinyena house in Cadaqus, the Casino dels Nois in Sant FeliuIs, the Armstrong cork factory in Palafrugell, the Masramon and Sol-Morales houses in Olot, the Maso and Duses and the La Punxa building in Girona, the Vichy Catalan spa in Caldes de Malavella, the Bonada and uel de la Roqueta houses in Ripoll, and the Casal in Camprodon.

Museums

The art and universal spirit of Salvador Dali make it a must to visit the three museums of the Dali Triangle (the Dali Theatre-Museum in Figueres; the Portlligat Museum-House in Cadaqu^s and the Gala Dali Castle in Pubol). Other museums include Girona's Archaeology, Art, History, Cathedral and Cinema Museums; the Toy Museum of Catalonia in Figueres, and the Garrotxa County Museum in Olot, amongst many others names to things, probably in order not to forget them. In the province of Girona, naming iral parks of the Garrotxa Volcanic Area, Cadi-Moixerd, Cap de Creus, Montseny and the Medes would have been almoft a waste of time, since the singular nature of these places is so striking tors will leave with an indelible memory in their minds and hearts. Nowhere as here has the jnd power of nature shown itself so varied and full of subtlety. Nowhere as here, where protected areas account for 30% of the surface area, have nature and life been so fierce and passionate.