Театр с яйцами Theater with eggs

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Salvador Dali considered the egg to be the primary source of all things, and not the chicken mentioned in the well-known riddle, what comes first: the egg or the chicken? A man of great talent and great ambition, he placed his favorite eggs around the perimeter of the roof of his Theater in Figueres, where, having become famous and wealthy, he settled for the rest of his days. Judging by the appearance, he did not take any eggs for the sample, but chicken ones. The theater became his home, and then, after his death in this house, a museum and a tomb. Here there was a place not only for his own works, but also for samples of the work of his friends. There are no age restrictions on visiting the museum, but I will refrain from publishing some of the photographs I took in the museum - the range of works posted there goes beyond the usual limits, which is natural for outstanding creative personalities. The opening of the museum took place on September 28.1974.
The basis of the complex is the building of the old city theater, where in 1918, at the age of 14, Dali first exhibited his works, built in 1849 by the architect Josep Roca y Bros, burned by soldiers of the National Guard in February 1939. Later, neighboring buildings were added to the complex, such as the house of Gorgoth, the tower known as the Galatea tower, and part of the medieval walls of the city.
“I want my museum to be a single block, a labyrinth, a huge surreal object. It will be absolutely a theatrical museum. Those who come here will leave with the feeling that they had a theatrical dream, ” Dali dreamed. The embalmed body of Salvador Dali rests in a crypt under the dome in accordance with the wishes of the artist himself.