Portbou
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Portbou is a small coastal town in northeastern Catalonia, Spain, near the French border, known as the place where philosopher Walter Benjamin died while fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Portbou canonical | 2 |
| Portbou harbour | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coastal town
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Cerbère ⓘ |
| borderWith | France ⓘ |
| coastType | rugged Mediterranean coast ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| governingBody | Ajuntament de Portbou ⓘ |
| hasArtwork | Passages memorial ⓘ |
| hasBorderCrossingWith | Cerbère ⓘ |
| hasCemetery | Portbou cemetery ⓘ |
| hasCoastlineFeature |
rocky coves
ⓘ
small beaches ⓘ |
| hasFacility | railway customs and control facilities ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRole |
escape route from Nazi-occupied Europe
ⓘ
refuge route during Spanish Civil War ⓘ |
| hasMemorialTo | Walter Benjamin ⓘ |
| hasPort |
Portbou
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Portbou harbour
|
| hasRailwayStation | Portbou railway station ⓘ |
| heritage | railway architecture ⓘ |
| isRailTerminusFor |
Iberian-gauge lines from Barcelona
ⓘ
standard-gauge lines from France ⓘ |
| knownFor |
border railway junction
ⓘ
death of Walter Benjamin ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Empordà
ⓘ
surface form:
Alt Empordà
Catalonia ⓘ Costa Brava ⓘ Province of Girona ⓘ eastern Pyrenees region ⓘ northeastern Spain ⓘ |
| locatedNear | French border ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| officialLanguage |
Catalan
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| partOf | comarca of Alt Empordà ⓘ |
| Passages memorialDesigner | Dani Karavan ⓘ |
| placeOfDeathOf | Walter Benjamin ⓘ |
| postalCode | 17497 ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivity |
fishing
ⓘ
railway services ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| roadConnection |
D914 road (France)
ⓘ
N-260 road ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | Central European Summer Time ⓘ |
| uses |
Iberian-gauge railway
ⓘ
standard-gauge railway ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.