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Calle de Las Setas (The Mushroom Street)

Alicante (Alacant), Spain

Down this yellow brick road, visitors are treated to toadstool houses and massive mushroom sculptures. 

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In 2013, part of Alicantes’s San Francisco Street was transformed into a whimsical, fantasy wonderland of yellow brick roads, toadstool houses, and towering mushrooms.

The purpose of this initiative was to rejuvenate the street and help the businesses in the area during a state of economic decline. The mushroom statues are the work of artist Sergio Martinez, and cost the City of Alicante around €66,000.

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