Figueres
Figueres [ fiɣeɾəs ] (not officially spanish Figueras ) is a city in the province of Girona in the autonomous region of Catalonia, Spain. It is located in the tourist area of Costa Brava, has 45 123 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013) and is the capital of the Alt Empordà. The city is located 28 m above sea level.
History
The city is dominated by the octagonal fortress Castell de Sant Ferran 18th century. With an area of 32 hectares, this military fort was built for 6,000 people and 500 horses and is now considered the largest bastion fortress, which was built in the 18th century in Europe.
Municipal institutions
- The Museum is housed Dali City Theatre Teatro Museo Salvador Dalí with the tower Gorgot at the old city walls is one of the most visited museums in Spain.
- Other museums in Figueres are the Toy Museum, the Empordà Museum of Local History and the Museum of Naive Art.
- The Estadi Municipal de Figueres holds about 9,500 visitors
Traffic
Figueres is located on the Autopista AP -7 highway and is about 50 km from Girona Costa Brava Airport. East of the old town is the city train station with regional and national connections of RENFE, Spain's state railways.
In December 2010, the station Figueres - Vilafant was opened which is on the high speed line between Barcelona and Perpignan, and a direct TGV link to Paris has. AVE to Madrid and Barcelona are planned from 2012 onwards.
Figueres also has a local bus company, TMF, which has 3 lines and currently a Elektrotestbus.
City Festival
The main festival, the Festival de la Santa Creu in the first week of May.
Twinning
Personalities, sons and daughters of the town
- Salvador Dalí (1904 - 1989), painter and one of the main representatives of surrealism
- Narcis Monturiol (1819 - 1885), developer of the U- boats Ictíneo I and II Ictíneo
- Maverick Viñales (* 1995), Spanish motorcycle racer
- Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer (1912 - 1967), mathematician