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The first record of the Mas Juny estate dates back to 1482 when it was noted that its owners had been involved in agriculture. The oldest parts of the house itself are slightly newer, having been built in the 16th-17th centuries, with fairly typical elements representative of the times (like, for instance, a turret that […]

The pulse of life in the resorts of the Costa Brava is very seasonal. The locals awaken from winter slumber around Easter; take two months to get ready for the summer influx of visitors; work hard in July and August, and by the end of September they are all ready to hibernate again. Very rarely […]

The legendary artist Salvador Dalí and his muse Elena Diakonova, known to the world as Gala, got married twice. The first time took place in 1934 in Paris, a civil ceremony at a town hall of the 14th district. Since the Catholic Church does not allow second marriages until death do the separated spouses part, […]

If Gustave Eiffel had any idea with what piety Catalans would treat his creations, a certain 324-meters tall iron tower may have appeared in Barcelona instead of Paris. Even the Universal Exposition itself took place in the Catalan capital one year before the Paris Exposition Universelle. In the 1870s, about 12 years before the construction […]

Many a Hollywood star from the golden age of film have visited the Costa Brava resorts in the last century. Yet, few have left behind a legacy that goes beyond a commemorative plaque in a restaurant or a vintage photo at a local museum. The incomparable Ava Gardner is one exception. In 1950, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer sent […]