Salvador Dalí had special interest in the mysterious Castle of Quermançó, which is full of history and legends. His obsession produced two paintings inspired by Castle of Quermançó: "La cabra de Oro del Castillo de Quermançó" and "Castell de Quermançó". The latter is nowadays filed in the Teatre-Museu of Figueres:


Castell de Quermançó
dibuix 
(Salvador Dalí, 1977)



La cabra de Oro del Castillo de Quermançó
Oli sobre fusta (Dalí, 1979)


MANIFIESTO MÍSTICO, 1952



Handwritten letter by Salvador Dalí which he sent to his 
cousin Montserrat inviting her to visit the castle of Quermançó, in 1951.

 

  

Dalí said that the most beautiful and spectacular sunsets of the world are those seen from the Castle of Quermançó. It is well known that Dalí had stopped there more than once while on the road from Figueres to Cadaqués.

He went up there several times with his friend Pitxot and the Technical Architect of the Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, Pedro Aldámiz.

Dalí's bright idea of installing the Organ of the Tramuntana at the Castle of Quermançó is widely known. He thought this organ should emit music activated by the strength of the powerful northern wind.

· sic. "Dalí volia comprar el castell de Quermançó per instal·lar-hi un orgue", Hora Nova, 13/10/92.

· sic. Carme M. Palomé: "Los propietarios del castillo de Quermançó deciden venderlo", El Periódico de Catalunya, 30/03/97

· sic. MUNAPRIZ, N.: Miette… Hederiette: L'ombra de Dalí és quadrada, l'Empordà, pàg. 15, 27/09/89

In another surrealistic gesture, Dalí intended to put a rhinoceros at the foot of the castle of Quermançó. He stated that tourists would pay to see it.

· sic. "Entrevista a Salvador Dalí en exclusiva per a l'AVUI", 
Avui, pàg. 4, 28/07/85

· sic. J. PLAYÀ MASET: "Recuperació del castell de Quermançó", 
La Vanguardia -Vivir en Girona, núm. 43.209, pàg.2, 19/02/02

· sic. J. PLAYÀ MASET: "Un rinoceront als baixos del castell de 
Quermançó", Hora Nova, núm. 1.249, pàg.55, 26/02/02

In the sixties the great genius Salvador Dalí declared his purpose of acquiring the majestic remains of the castle to place there the residence of his muse Gala. But the "Dalinian triangle" would end in Púbol and never in Quermançó because there was never a purchase agreement.

· sic. "Entrevista a Salvador Dalí en exclusiva per a l'AVUI", Avui, pàg. 4, 28/07/85.

· sic. "Dalí volia comprar el castell de Quermançó per instal·lar-hi un orgue", Hora Nova, 13/10/92.

· sic. CARME M. PALOMÉ: "Los propietarios del castillo de Quermançó deciden venderlo", El Periódico de Catalunya, 30/03/97.

· sic. MÒNICA FERNÁNDEZ: "El castillo, la cabra, la condesa y Dalí", La Vanguardia- Vivir en Girona, núm. 42.437, pàg.2, 03/01/00. 



Castell de Quermançó