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Documentation On The Arago Medallions
By Coline Duvall

T he Dutch, Jan Dibbets, created them. It commemorates the astro-politician François-Arago (1786-1853), who was Director of the Paris Observatory. They represent the Paris meridian.

François Arago

François Arago was born in Estagel in 1786. Après his studies at the Polytechnic School he was appointed director of studies at the Paris Observatory and became in 1843, director delegate of the longitude office and kept his post until his death in 1853.

Between 1893 and 1942, a bronze statue of Arago, built on the meridian line of the Paris Observatory, stood on the Ile de Sein Square. It was, among others, melted during the Second World War . It was later, in 1994, replaced by a series of medallions.

The Arago medallions are Jean Dibbets’s creation. To pay homage to Arago’s talents he created bronze coins of 12 cm diameter in Arago’s name showing the letters N and S for North and South. These medallions are over a hundred and they are scattered along the Paris meridian line going from Porte Montmartre to Cite Universitaire. They are listed hereunder.


Their Localization

They are located in the 1st, 2nd, 6th, 9th, 14th et 18th Paris districts.


In the 1st district :

1 at no.24 rue de Richelieu,
1 at no.9 rue de Montpensier,
7 at Palais-Royal,
1 Place du Palais-Royal, rue de Rivoli, 1 rue de Rivoli, 3 at the Louvre, Richelieu side: Hall of the French sculptures and in front of the escalator on the ground floor
5 at the Louvre, in Napoleon’s yard, behind the Pyramid around the Square Yard
3 at the Louvre: Denon side, hall of Roman antiques, in the stairs/hall
1 on the Louvre waterfront, near the Daru pavilion,
1 on the Louvre waterfront, near Pont des Arts.

In the 2nd district :

1 at no. 16 rue du 4 septembre
1 at no.15 rue Saint Augustin


In the 6th district :

1 Saints-Pères waterfront
2 Quay Conti, near the Institute
1 Place de l’Institut near rue de Seine walkway
4 rue de Seine, 3 at no.3, 1 and no.12
1 at the angle of rue de Seine/rue des Beaux-Arts
2 at nos.152 and 125-7, bd St Germain, opposite no.28 rue de Vaugirard, Senate side
10 Luxembourg garden on the paved ways, (walk along the Auguste Compte entrance)
1 rue Auguste Comte
2 avenue de l’Observatoire (garden side)
1 at the angle of avenue de l’Observatoire and rue Michelet
3 Marco Polo garden, one near the ping-pong table and one on the pavement at the corner of avenue de l’Observatoire and rue d’Assas.
2 Camille Jullian square
1 on the way between avenue Denfert Rochereau and avenue de l’Observatoire
2 avenue de l’Observatoire

In the 9th arrondissement :

2 at n° 21 bd de Clichy pavement side on the main road
1 at n° 5 rue Duperré
2 at nos. 69/71 rue Pigalle
2 in the inner yard of the National Education Ministry, 34 rue de Chateaudun
1 at no.34 rue de Chateaudun
2 at nos. 18/16 and 9/11 Bd Haussmann, in front of the restaurant
2 In front of the brasserie in the corner of rue Taitbout and no. 24 bd des Italiens

In the 14th arrondissement :

2 in the North side courtyard of the Paris Observatory
1 inside the Observatory
7 on the north and south side terrace and upstairs garden in the protected limits of the Observatory
6 bd Arago/Place de l’Ile de Sein
1 at no. 81 rue du Fg Saint-Jacques
1 Place Saint-Jacques
9 in the park Montsouris: avenue Reille entrance on the alleys 2 Bd Jourdan
10 Cite Universitaire, on the way between the Canadian Pavilion and the Cambodian Pavilion via the Victor Lyon foundation. The last one being at the back of the Cambodian Pavilion, on the pavement going around the building.

In the 19th arrondissement :

1 at no.18 av. de la Porte Montmartre at the main entrance of the public library.
1 at the corner of rue René Binet et avenue de la Porte Montmartre.
1 at no. 45/47 avenue Junot
1 at no.15 rue S. Dereure
2 at nos.3 and 10 avenue Junot in a private garden with restrictive access
only 1 at no.79 rue Lepic

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