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5 unusual facts about Cerbere


Cerbère

The village is best known for the border railway station, Gare de Cerbère, on the French side of the border on the railway line between Perpignan and Barcelona.

The derivation of the name has certainly nothing to do with the dog Cerberus, (Cerbère in French), guardian of Hell in Greek mythology, even if Cape Cerbère could appear as a guard post at the entry to Spain.

Given the antiquity of the name, it must be assumed to be a pre-Latin name, and to come from the pre-Indo-European root kar or ker (rock) followed by the Ibero-Basque root -erri (place).

Cerbere

Naberius, a demon with several alternative spellings, including Cerberus, Cerbere

Cerbère, a small town in Southern France on the border to Spain



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