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Walter Benjamin Walkway (Passatges)

Portbou, Alt Empordà, Girona

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Walter Benjamin Walkway (Passatges)

Curiosity · Portbou, Alt Empordà, Girona

Image of Portbou, not of the place itself.

A memorial by artist Dani Karavan, a corten-steel passage cut into the cliff with 87 steps down towards the sea, honouring the philosopher Walter Benjamin, who took his own life in Portbou in 1940 while fleeing the Nazis.

Photo: Andrawaag (CC BY 4.0)

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