Cap de Creus
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TheCap de Creus(Cabo de Creus inSpanish) is a peninsula and a headland located at the far northeast ofCatalonia,some 25 kilometres (16 mi) south from the French border. The cape lies in the municipal area ofCadaqués,and the nearest large town isFigueres,the capital of theAlt Empordàand the birthplace ofSalvador Dalí.Cap de Creus is the easternmost point ofCataloniaand therefore of mainlandSpainand the Iberian Peninsula.
The area is now aNatural Park.[1]
The peninsula has an area of 190 square kilometres (73 sq mi) of an extraordinary landscape value; a wind-beaten very rocky dry region, with almost no trees, in contrast with a seaside rich in minuscule creeks of deep blue sea to anchor. Mountains are the easternfoothillsof thePyrenees,the natural border between France and Spain. The region is frequently swept by the awful north wind "tramontana"(beyond mountains) which has caused many naval disasters. Cadaqués is the most well known village, home of artists and writers, with sophisticated atmosphere, nearPort Lligatwhere Dalí built his home in a paradise small bay. (Dalí depicted the peninsula in his paintingsThe Persistence of MemoryandThe Great Masturbator.)[2]El Port de la Selva,with a little fishing harbour, is less exploited, with good gastronomic resources and pleasant terraces.
Sant Pere de Rodesstands out at 500 metres (1,600 ft) of altitude, with views of the Cap and the Pyrenees. It is an 11th-century monastery whose first structures date from about 750 AD.
One legend tells that theCap de Creuswas hewn byHercules.[citation needed]
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- ^Cap de Creus Natural Park
- ^Ian Gibson, "The Shameful Life of Salvador Dalí", W.W. Norton & Company, 1987.ISBN0-393-04624-9.Page 71, pages 256 - 257, plate XIV
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