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Love stories of Spain

From Lorca and Dalí at the Residencia de Estudiantes to the Lovers of Teruel, Spain keeps the loves of poets, painters and medieval legends.

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From Lorca and Dalí at the Residencia de Estudiantes to the Lovers of Teruel, Spain keeps the loves of poets, painters and medieval legends.

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Lorca & Dalí
Spain · met in 1923

Lorca & Dalí

An impossible love between geniuses

Lorca fell in love with Dalí at Madrid's Residencia de Estudiantes; the painter did not reciprocate physically, but the bond was intense and inspired the "Ode to Salvador Dalí" (1926).

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Salvador Dalí & Gala
Spain · from 1929

Salvador Dalí & Gala

The muse who signed his paintings

Gala left the poet Paul Éluard for Dalí and became his absolute muse, manager and obsession; he often signed "Gala-Salvador Dalí."

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The Lovers of Teruel
Spain · 13th-century legend

The Lovers of Teruel

A kiss that came a day too late

Penniless Diego leaves for five years to earn the right to marry Isabel; he returns a day too late, when she has already wed. He dies of grief and she dies kissing him over his coffin.

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What are the great Spanish love stories?

Some of the greatest are Lorca & Dalí, Salvador Dalí & Gala, The Lovers of Teruel.

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