Memorial Passages for Walter Benjamin
Memorial Passages for Walter Benjamin is a work of art in Spain. Memorial Passages for Walter Benjamin is situated nearby to the chapel Capella del Sant Crist, as well as near the cemetery Cementiri de Portbou.Photo: Nostrix, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: installation
- Also known as: “Memorial Walter Benjamin Portbou” and “Passatges. Memorial Walter Benjamin”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cementiri de Portbou and Portbou railway station.
Portbou railway station
Railway station
Photo: Mr H., CC BY-SA 2.5.
Portbou is a railway station serving Portbou in Catalonia, Spain. 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. Portbou railway station is situated 500 metres southwest of Memorial Passages for Walter Benjamin.
Mercat municipal
Marketplace
Photo: Amadalvarez, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mercat municipal 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.
Portbou
Portbou is in Costa Brava 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.
Cerbère
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cerbère is a town of 1,400 people in Pyrénées-Orientales in France. Cerbère is an important centre for tourism, often linked with undersea diving. For rail travellers on the regional route between France and Spain, Cerbère is important because almost all trains end or start here or in the neighbouring Spanish border station Portbou.
Colera
Photo: cecilia rey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Colera is a small coastal village on the northern Costa Brava, in the comarca of Alt Empordà, between Portbou and Llançà 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
- Categories: monument, sculpture, building, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
42.42687° or 42° 25′ 37″ northLongitude
3.16335° or 3° 9′ 48″ eastOpen location code
8FJ5C5G7+P8OpenStreetMap ID
way 112050143OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=installationWikidata 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: “Mémorial de Walter Benjamin”
- French: “Passagen, hommage à Walter Benjamin”
- French: “Passages”
- German: “Gedenkort „Passagen“”
- German: “Gedenkort Passagen”
- Hebrew: “מעבר, מחווה לוולטר בנימין”
- Polish: “Pasaże”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Capella del Sant Crist and Embarcador de Port Bou.
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