| Spain , with its myriad of influences and
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| | specifically for the museum itself - the
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| epic history, is a country with a diverse
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| | "Mae West Room", the "Wind Palace Room"
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| gamut of sights and sounds to offer its
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| | and the "Monument to Francesc Pujols and
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| 45 million tourists who visit every year.
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| | the Rainy Cadillac" are larger than life
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| An area where this can be seen in
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| | and superb examples of Dali's fertile
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| particular is in its museums and
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| | imagination.
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| galleries, a rich history of art and
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| | Reina Sofia , Madrid
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| culture has left Spain a huge legacy in
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| | One of Madrid's most celebrated museums,
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| this department with names such as Dali,
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| | the Reina Sofia houses a huge collection
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| Picasso and Miro leading the list:
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| | of contemporary art. Once the city's San
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| Guggenheim, Bilbao:
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| | Carlos hospital, the museum was
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| Now one of the most easily recognised
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| | originally founded in 1986 but underwent
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| buildings in Europe, the Guggenheim in
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| | a serious revamp in 1990 at the hands of
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| Bilbao is a work of art itself. Opened in
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| | British architect, Ian Ritchie. They
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| 1997 and designed by American architect
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| | envisioned creating something to rival
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| Frank O. Gehry, the museum has been a
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| | the Tate in London and the Pompidou
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| lynchpin for the city's redevelopment
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| | centre in Paris, and, with 36,000 sqm of
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| programme and in many ways the museum
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| | exhibition space, it's one of the world's
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| symbolises the new, modern Bilbao.
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| | largest museums and an extremely
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| Standing right in the city centre
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| | impressive place. The most famous
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| alongside the river the museum offers
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| | painting housed there is undoubtedly
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| 11,000 sqm of exhibition space over three
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| | Picasso's Guernica, an immense cubist
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| galleries. The museum has a body of
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| | work and war protest and probably the
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| permanent work always on display as well
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| | great painter's most famous work.
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| as large exhibitions which run for months
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| | Visitors can also see the many
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| at a time. Currently on View is the
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| | preliminary sketches that he made for the
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| "Aztec Empire" comprising of a huge body
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| | work. Other great Spanish artists on
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| of work from the pre-columbian
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| | display are Dali, Miro and Orteiz to name
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| civilization. Previous exhibitions have
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| | but a few as well as Spain's most
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| encompassed an eclectic blend of art with
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| | important artists of the last 20 years.
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| work from the likes of Matisse,
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| | Fundacio Joan Miro, Barcelona
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| Michelangelo, Reubens and Warhol having
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| | One of Spain's most important artists and
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| graced its corridors.
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| | often overlooked due to the lure of
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| Dali Theatre-Museum, Figueres
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| | Picasso and Dali, the Fundacio Joan Miro
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| Located in Figueres, the Dali
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| | in the Montjuic area of Barcelona is well
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| Theatre-Museum is the broadest collection
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| | worth a visit. Spacious and set in its
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| of his work in the world tracing his
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| | own grounds, the museum is a step away
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| first artistic forays, the surrealist
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| | from the regular metropolitan museums and
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| period and even including some of the
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| | galleries - the white building built
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| last works painted before his death.
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| | around an internal courtyard is typically
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| Figueres also happens to be Dali's
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| | Mediterranean. Huge amounts of natural
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| hometown and the decision to build the
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| | light help to bring Miro's surrealist
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| museum from the ruins of the town's
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| | works to life and the museum also houses
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| Spanish civil war-damaged theatre, didn't
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| | some of his sculptures and ceramic works
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| seem like a difficult one. Indeed, it was
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| | as well as the paintings he's more famous
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| here as a boy where Dali first had the
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| | for. The museum also has a permanent
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| chance to display his work so is a
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| | exhibition space in which the foundation
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| fitting place to exhibit the cream of his
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| | gives special attention to Spain's more
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| life's work. Dali himself supervised the
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| | experimental artists - not everyone's cup
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| building and creation of the museum
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| | of tea, granted, but worth a look if
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| turning it into a huge surrealist
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| | you're visiting the museum.
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| playground. Dali also created some works
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