Showing posts with label Santiago de Compostela. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Santiago de Compostela. Show all posts

11 December 2013

Salvador Dali in the 5th arrondissement, Paris

The cadran solaire de Dali (or Dali sundial) at 27 rue Saint-Jacques is a gift of Dali's to Paris. It represents the form of a coquille Saint-Jacques (scallop in English). The flaming eyebrows represent the sun's rays. It is probably the oldest route in Paris, having been used by pilgrims to Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle (Santiago de Compostela) in Galicia. In the bottom right-hand corner is Dali's signature and the date (1966) he made and erected the design.