Salle de Mémoire
Salle de Mémoire is a memorial in Gurs, Arrondissement of Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Salle de Mémoire is situated nearby to the cemetery Cimetière des Déportés, as well as near the museum Musée du Camp de Gurs.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gurs internment camp and Église Saint-Martin de Gurs.
Gurs internment camp
Gurs internment camp was an internment camp and prisoner of war camp constructed in 1939 in Gurs, a site in southwestern France, not far from Pau. The camp was originally set up by the French government after the fall of Catalonia at the end of the Spanish Civil War to control those who fled Spain out of fear of retaliation from Francisco Franco's regime. Gurs internment camp is situated 410 metres southeast of Salle de Mémoire.Église Saint-Martin de Gurs
Church
Église Saint-Martin de Gurs is a church, which is situated 2 km northwest of Salle de Mémoire.
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Dognen
Church
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Dognen is a church, which is situated 2 km north of Salle de Mémoire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gurs and Dognen.
Dognen
Village
Préchacq-Navarrenx
Village
Préchacq-Navarrenx is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.
Salle de Mémoire
- Type: Memorial
- Categories: building and historic site
- Location: Gurs, Arrondissement of Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
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Latitude
43.27352° or 43° 16′ 25″ north
Longitude
-0.7438° or 0° 44′ 38″ west
Open location code
8CMX77F4+CF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cimetière des Déportés and Musée du Camp de Gurs.
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