Memorial Walter Benjamin

Very emotive monument in Portbou

Walter Benjamin Memorial is an emotive monument located in the upper part of Portbou, the last little town in Girona Region before the border with France. It is a very nice monument, which goes to th...

The steps

Walking into the memorial and down the stairs to the water had a very powerful impact-from a dark tunnel to bright sunshine and open waters.

Very emotive monument to remember the philosopher

Walter Benjamin Memorial is a monument located in a highest place of Portbou, the last town before the border with France. It is a monument to remember Walter Benjamin Franklin, a Jew philosopher of 2...

Stunningly poignant!

If you find yourself in the Languedoc region of southern France a train ride to the city of Portbou may be worth your while. Located on the coast of the Mediterranean and at the border of Spain and Fr...

Access that is punishable

Original Text

The memory is excellent and expresses very well what your author wanted to transmit: sadness and despair. Access is very poorly careful, there are enough dog excrements and the municipality did not keep it ...