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    Location: Portbou, Alt Emporda, Girona, Catalonia, Spain

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    October 5, 2022

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    Although Catalan is spoken on both sides of the pass, this pass at 535m marks the border between Spain and France, separating the municipalities of Banyuls de la Marenda, from Roussillon, and Colera, from Alt Empordà.

    In 1940, the German philosopher Walter Benjamin fled the Nazi anti-Semitic persecution through this pass, taking refuge in Portbou.
    In this municipality, the philosopher took his own life, and in honor of him the route from Portbou to Collado was named the Walter Benjamin Route.
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    May 20, 2018

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    If you come from France you have the first view of Spain. The Col de Rumpissa is on the Walter Benjamin trail.
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    April 14, 2024

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    Cross-border crossing between the two states that divided Catalonia after signing the Treaty of the Pyrenees on November 7, 1659.
    It is part of the Walter Benjamin Route, in total …
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    1. I would like the Walter Benjamin route - Circular from Portbou

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    Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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    Elevation 530 m

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    Location: Portbou, Alt Emporda, Girona, Catalonia, Spain

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