Salvador Dalí and the Refuge He Built for 40 Years: From a Fishing Barrack to the Landscape of the Costa Brava

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Before becoming one of the most universal Spanish artists, Salvador Dalí found in a small corner of the Costa Brava the place from which to build much of his work. Portlligat, together with Cadaqués, was for decades his refuge, his workshop and his only stable residence, a house that he built practically to measure for 40 years.A house that never stopped growingEverything began in 1930, when Dalí bought a simple barrack of fishermen of just 22 s…