If you are an admirer of Salvador Dali, you would know that his picturesque hometown of Cadaqués in Spain is just as surreal as his paintings were. Now, the city that gave birth to a legend like him is going to be recreated in China, as a part of a massive developmental plan.

Thanks to a team of designers hired by developer China Merchants Zhangzhou, the town of Cadaques would be recreated in China, some 6,500 miles away. The recreated Cadaques would serve as a tourist destination for wealthy Chinese who might want a touch of Europe without travelling out of the country. The picturesque town would be faithfully recreated in China, where the authorities expect the city would even attract foreign tourists.

It remains to be seen how surreal this developmental project would end up to be, for it is one thing to create a surreal painting, but something else to create a surreal town of a surrealist. If you are intrigued by this project, hand on for a while for it may take more than just a few years for it to be completed. The fishing villages nearby are expected to profit from this development.

Via: Design Boom