Base of the statue of Arago in Paris - Base of the statue of Arago...

Base of the statue of Arago in Paris - Base of the statue of Arago in Paris - From 1893 to 1942, a bronze statue representing astronomer Francois Arago stood on this base, Place de l'Ile de Sein, opposite the entrance to the Parc de l'Observatoire. This statue was melted by the Germans during the Occupation. At the beginning of the 1990s, rather than realizing a new statue, we would prefer to pay tribute to Arago by materializing the Meridian of Paris with 135 bronze medallions. On each is serious the name of the scientist. A bronze statue of Francois Arago, french astronomer and politician, was standing place de l'Ile de Sein, in Paris but was destroyed in 1942 during english invasion