Memorial Passages for Walter Benjamin

Memorial Passages for Walter Benjamin is a work of art in . Memorial Passages for Walter Benjamin is situated nearby to the chapel , as well as near the cemetery .
Photo: Nostrix, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: installation
  • Also known as: “Gedenkort Passagen”, “Mémorial de Walter Benjamin”, “Memorial Walter Benjamin Portbou”, “Passagen, hommage à Walter Benjamin”, and “Passatges. Memorial Walter Benjamin”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cementiri de Portbou and Portbou railway station.

Cemetery
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is a cemetery.

Railway station
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Portbou is a railway station serving in , . It is on the Barcelona–Cerbère railway and the Narbonne–Portbou railway. The station is owned by Adif and is served by Rodalies de Catalunya regional line R11 and Girona commuter rail service line RG1 and TER Occitanie trains also serve the station. is situated 500 metres southwest of Memorial Passages for Walter Benjamin.

Marketplace
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is a marketplace, which is situated 370 metres southwest of Memorial Passages for Walter Benjamin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Portbou and Cerbère.

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is in and is a small coastal town in northern Catalonia, at the end of the Costa Brava and just south of the French border. Wedged between steep Pyrenean slopes and a sheltered bay, it combines rugged scenery with a pebbly urban beach and a compact port.

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is a town of 1,400 people in in . is an important centre for tourism, often linked with undersea diving. For rail travellers on the regional route between France and Spain, is important because almost all trains end or start here or in the neighbouring Spanish border station .

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is a small coastal village on the northern , in the comarca of Alt Empordà, between and near the French border. Sheltered in a quiet bay where the Albera mountains meet the Mediterranean, it offers uncrowded pebble beaches, clear waters and a laid‑back atmosphere even in high season.

Memorial Passages for Walter Benjamin

Latitude
42.42687° or 42° 25′ 37″ north
Longitude
3.16335° or 3° 9′ 48″ east
Open location code
8FJ5C5G7+P8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 112050143
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Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­installation
Wiki­data ID
Q16586429
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Polish—“Memorial Passages for Walter Benjamin” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Memorial Passatges a Walter Benjamin”
  • French: “Passages”
  • German: “Gedenkort „Passagen“”
  • Hebrew: “מעבר, מחווה לוולטר בנימין”
  • Polish: “Pasaże”

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Highlights include Capella del Sant Crist and Embarcador de Port Bou.

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