La Gare de Perpignan [SEP] creator
La Gare de Perpignan
La Gare de Perpignan ("Perpignan Train Station") is a 1965 large-scale oil on canvas painting by the Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí, on display in the Museum Ludwig in Cologne.
The Perpignan railway station held special significance for Dalí, who had proclaimed it to be the "Center of the Universe" after experiencing a vision of cosmogonic ecstasy there in 1963.
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The sacrifice of the son is imaged in the form of Christ on the Cross, with his crown
Cerbère
Cerbère (in Catalan: "Cervera de la Marenda") is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Its inhabitants are called "Cerbériens" ("Cerverins" / "Cerverines" in Catalan).
The village is best known for the border railway station, Gare de Cerbère, on the French side of the border on the railway line between Perpignan and Barcelona. Since France and Spain use different rail gauges, the border stations of Cerbère and Portbou are quite busy with various transfer