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unusual facts about Arago


Rambla d'Aragó, Lleida

Autobusos de Lleida L1 (Interior), L5 (Bordeta), L6 (Magraners), L7 (Secà), L11 (Butsènit-Llívia), L12 (Centre Històric-Universitat), L13 (Cappont) and L14 (Agrònoms).


Cape Arago State Park

In 1579 Sir Francis Drake is purported to have sought shelter for his ship, the Golden Hinde, around Cape Arago.

Homo heidelbergensis

The next H. heidelbergensis remains were found in Steinheim an der Murr, Germany (the Steinheim Skull, 350kya); Arago, France (Arago 21); Petralona, Greece; Ciampate del Diavolo, Italy; Dali, Jinniushan and Maba, China.

Jan Dibbets

In 1994, he was commissioned by the Arago Association to create a memorial to the French astronomer François Arago, known as Hommage à Arago.

Rodalies Barcelona line 1

The "Marina branch" was demolished in 1989 to make way for the construction of La Vila Olímpica del Poblenou and the B-10 motorway, after which Line R1 adopted its present route by being re-routed through the centre of Barcelona using the Aragó tunnel (:ca:Túnel d'Aragó) and the Meridiana tunnel (:ca:Túnel de Meridiana).

Tautavel Man

All fossils recovered from Arago were found by Henry and Marie-Antoinette de Lumley and are now located at the Institute for Human Palaeontology in Paris.


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