The Maritime Rescue Museum
The Maritime Rescue Museum is an old rescue shipwreck station located in the port of Sant Feliu de Guíxols, in the Baix Empordà region of Spain. It was built in the 19th century and it is protected as a Bé Cultural d'Interès Local, a cultural asset of local interest.Photo: Enfo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Toy Museum and Platja del Racó de Garbí.
The Toy Museum
Museum
The Toy Museum is located in the middle of the municipality of Sant Feliu de Guíxols, in the Baix Empordà region of Spain, and contains more than 6,500 pieces collected by Tomàs Pla, dated between the years 1870 and 1980, most of which were made in Spain. The Toy Museum is situated 570 metres northwest of The Maritime Rescue Museum.
Platja del Racó de Garbí
Beach
Photo: Albertvilarmasso, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Platja del Racó de Garbí is a beach, which is situated 560 metres southwest of The Maritime Rescue Museum.
Monestir de Sant Feliu de Guíxols
Church
Photo: Mutari, Public domain.
Monestir de Sant Feliu de Guíxols is a Benedictine monastery in Sant Feliu de Guíxols, in the comarca of the Baix Empordà in Catalonia, Spain. It was first referenced around the year 961, and was declared a Bien de Interés Cultural landmark in 1931. Monestir de Sant Feliu de Guíxols is situated 740 metres west of The Maritime Rescue Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sant Amanç and S’Agaró.
S’Agaró
Village
Photo: Enfo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
S'Agaró is an upmarket resort on the Costa Brava between Sant Feliu de Guíxols and Platja d'Aro. It is part of the municipality of Castell-Platja d'Aro, itself in the comarca of Baix Empordà and province of Girona in Catalonia, Spain.
Conjunt de Castell d’Aro
Village
Photo: Wikiaps, CC BY-SA 3.0 es.
Conjunt de Castell d’Aro is a village, which is situated 4 km north of The Maritime Rescue Museum.
The Maritime Rescue Museum
- Type: Museum
- Description: building in Girona Province, Spain
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Costa Brava, Girona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
41.77997° or 41° 46′ 48″ northLongitude
3.03545° or 3° 2′ 8″ eastOpen location code
8FH5Q2HP+X5OpenStreetMap ID
way 173926114OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q11918551
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“The Maritime Rescue Museum” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “El Salvament (Sant Feliu de Guíxols)”
- Catalan: “El Salvament”
- Catalan: “Museu del Salvament Marítim”
- Spanish: “Museo del Salvamento Marítimo”
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