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4 unusual facts about Figueres


Armand Carrel

The legion was compelled to surrender near Figueres, and Carrel was taken prisoner by his former general, Damas.

Calatayud railway station

It is served by the AVE high speed trains between Madrid and Barcelona and onwards to Figueres.

Salvador Dali Museum

With the exception of the Dalí Theater-Museum created by Dalí himself in his home town of Figueres, Catalonia, Spain, St. Petersburg's Dali Museum has the world's largest collections of Dalí's works.

Zaragoza-Delicias railway station

It is served by the AVE high speed trains between Madrid and Barcelona and onwards to Figueres.


Alexandre Deulofeu

Alexandre Deulofeu Torres (20 September 1903, in L'Armentera – 27 December 1978, in Figueres) was a Catalan politician and philosopher of history.

Autovía A-26

The construction of a third section between Figueres and Llançà has been recently approved by the Spanish government.

Costa Rican Civil War

In Cartago, Costa Rica's second-largest city located only twelve miles from the capital, Figueres' forces met some considerable military opposition; however, the limited forces and supplies of the governmental forces quickly ran out, and Cartago fell into the hands of Figueres on April 12.

County of Besalú

The original pagus comprised the territories of Garrotxa and those neighbouring Montgrony and Setcases in the comarca of Ripollès as far as Agullana and Figueres (in Alt Empordà) and Banyoles in Pla de l'Estany.

French departments of Spain

In the museum at Figueras (Catalan Figueres) in the province of Girona is a reproduction of the Le Moniteur which created these four departments.

Georges Bégué

Bégué was interned at Figueres and sent to Miranda de Ebro prison camp but were later released to continue his way to Britain.

José María Figueres

Figueres completed his undergraduate studies at the United States Military Academy (West Point), where he graduated in the Class of 1979 with a major in Engineering.

Kiko Veneno

He was brought up in a military home in Figueres, grew up in Cádiz finally settling down in Seville.

Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line

Originally planned to open in 2009, the extension to Figueres Vilafant railway station, via Girona, where there is an end-on connection with the LGV Perpignan-Figueres, opened on 7 January 2013.

Mariano Álvarez de Castro

In December 1823 French troops, ironically invading Spain in order to restore the tottering throne of Ferdinand VII, passed through Figueres, and on the orders of Marshal Moncey, formerly Napoleon's Inspector-General of Police, destroyed the plaque.

Narbonne–Portbou railway

South of Perpignan the new high-speed rail to Figueres branches off.

Perthus Tunnel

The Perthus Tunnel is a twin-bore railway tunnel between Perpignan, France and Figueres, Spain built as part of the high-speed railway line between Barcelona and Montpellier under the Eastern Pyrenees.


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