Quermançó Castle

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Medieval castle in ruins located on a hill, at 104 meters. It offers excellent views of the Verdera Mountains (Pyrinees, north), Cape Creus, the sea and the plain of vineyards and olive trees that surrounds it. Dalí was always fascinated by this place and proposed the construction of an orgue powered by the force of the Tramuntana wind. There are several legends surrounding this building, as the underground labyrinth that would reach the sea.



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Dalí letter, 1951

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