Molí de la Torre, Historic farmhouse in El Far d'Empordà, Spain
Molí de la Torre is a large detached brick building near the C-31 road in El Far d'Empordà. Its main body rises ground floor plus two upper floors, with a lower side wing topped by an attic; the roof is a terrace enclosed by a balustrade, with a polygonal tower at its centre standing a few metres above the rest. A brick perimeter fence with three openings, the central one a round arch flanked by pilasters, controls access, and pilasters with volutes run up the facade beside the entrance door.
The building was constructed in 1853 by order of Narcís de Fonsdeviela, Marquis de la Torre, as indicated by the wrought-iron lintel of the door, and is attributed to the architect Josep Roca i Bros. It began as a gristmill benefiting from the Rec de Molins canal. In 1906 it was bought by the opera singer Maria Pichot, and in 1927 by Joan Rubert. From 1996 to 2000 it housed a naïve art museum, and between 2007 and 2008 the ground floor was converted into a restaurant.
The name comes from the Marquis de la Torre, who ordered its construction. Salvador Dalí spent time here as a child and later wrote that the place felt made for dreaming.
The farmhouse stands about 100 meters from the C-31 road, set back from the village center. Visitors can view the exterior and the tower from the road, but the interior is not regularly open to the public.
The building once generated its own electricity using a dynamo powered by an artificial canal, until 1950. Dalí mentioned in his autobiography that many of his dreams, especially erotic ones, took place there.
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