Nearly 30 years after his death in 1989, Salvador Dalí’s remains were exhumed this week in order take DNA samples to resolve a paternity case. He was buried in a crypt beneath the Dali museum in Figueres.
Marcelle Chadeyron and her late husband, Raymond, ran the local cafés in town. First on the square up by the church, as a hotel, restaurant and bar, then later at the local syndicate on the main road.
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The production team for feature film “Le poulain” is looking for extras available to work in and around Montpellier.
The man behind the moustache is revealed in the summer exhibition at the Musée d’art moderne de Céret. Most people recognize Dali’s iconic surreal images including melting clocks, levitating elephants and lobster telephones, but did you know that behind his gaudy showman’s façade Dali was a serious student of science?
Today, terns, avocets and other waders flock to the previously-abandoned area to nest and breed.
Saffron production is a labour of love – a process so labour intensive that it is hardly surprising that the fiery coloured spice is the most expensive in the world.
Salvador Dali was not the only famous artist to make his mark in Perpignan (By the way, there is now a suitably wacky sculpture in Place Catalogne, to celebrate his presence in the town).
Did you know that Le Boulou will soon have the longest ‘autoroute ferroviaire’ in Europe?
Between 2018 and 2022, Emmanuel Macron’s government intends to phase out the taxe d’habitation for 80% of French resident, leaving those with an annual taxable revenue in excess of €20,000 per person to foot the bill.