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Topic: Canfranc


In the News (Sat 11 Oct 08)

  
  Nuclear and High Energy Physics Laboratory - Univ. Zaragoza
This laboratory is unique for such a facility in Spain and despite his modest dimensions it is comparable, in terms of experimental sensitivity, to other leading facilities in observational underground physics research such as the National Gran Sasso Laboratory (Italy) and the Modane-Fréjus Laboratory (France).
In this sense, the Canfranc railway tunnel was taken into consideration and examined.
The Canfranc underground laboratory is located in the international railway tunnel of Somport at Canfranc (Spanish pyrenees)
www.unizar.es /lfnae/ipaginas/ip0200.html   (628 words)

  
  Valle del Aragón / Tourism: Canfranc
The valley of Somport- also known as mountain pass of Canfranc- is the least abrupt and busiest border pass of the central Pyrenees.
After the fire of 1944, the city council was moved somewhere else and the head of the city taken to what used to be the Station district, built along the 20th century on the plains of los Arañones.
The strategic and military importance of the valley of Canfranc, due to its proximity to the border, caused the construction of several fortresses and military strongholds, among which we must highlight the fortress Coll de Ladrones (17-18th century) and the Torreta de Fusileros (Turret of Fusiliers), dating from the 19th century.
www.valledelaragon.com /ingles/turismo/canfranc   (399 words)

  
 Canfranc 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Canfranc (pueblo) is a small village in Pyrenees, which is extended betwen two valleyes in the heart of Pyrenees.
Canfranc pueblo (where I was staying) and Canfranc estacion (in translation Station), between the two is a four kilometr distance.
Canfranc pueblo was the first village in that part of Spain, when you were coming from France.
www.volny.cz /albipage/Canfranc2000.html   (995 words)

  
 SAN JUAN DE LA PENA & CANFRANC (WILD SPAIN)
Munsalvaesche its name.' The monks of San Juan de la Peña did, in fact, possess an ornate jewelled chalice, consisting of two sardonyx bowls joined by a beautifully-worked gold 'cage' and handles, which is now under lock and key in the treasury of the cathedral at València.
Canfranc extends all the way to the French border and is bounded on the east by the Tena valley with its Río Gállego and a line of high peaks; on the west by another range of mountains and the Valle de los Angeles; and on the south by the Peña Oroel (1,769 m/5,805 ft).
From Huesca, the E07/N330 leads directly to Jaca, the gateway to Canfranc, and to the monastery of San Juan de la Peña and the surrounding Sierra de la Peña.
www.sheldrakepress.demon.co.uk /Live/nav/travel/ws/wsch0107.html   (815 words)

  
 Pau Canfranc
La construction de la ligne Pau Canfranc sera l'occasion de réaliser des ouvrages d'art tout à fait exceptionnels en pierre de taille, aujourd'hui impossible à réaliser par manque de moyens et surtout de main d'œuvre qualifiée.
La gare de Canfranc conçue par l'architecte Ramirez de Dampierre sur le modèle de celle de Prague, s'imposera comme la deuxième gare d'Europe après celle de Leipzig.
L'actualité a remis à l'honneur cette ligne de chemin de fer : Pau Canfranc et quel que soit son devenir il est nécessaire et urgent de sauvegarder et de mettre en valeur ces monuments (œuvres d'art)d'une autre époque, car il font partie du patrimoine de la vallée d'Aspe.
cauhape.bernard.free.fr /Canfranc.html   (872 words)

  
 SummitPost.org - Peña Blanca - Canfranc-Majada de Gabardito   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The climb begins from the village of Canfranc, in the valley of Aragón and about 14 km north from Jaca (do not get confused with Canfranc-estación, placed some four kilometers north and home of the railroad station building).
Do not get confused with the settlement known (and marked in the road signs) as "Canfranc Estación", for such is kind of the railroad station quarter of Canfranc.
Your trailhead is Canfranc, plainly, the first village after Villanúa.
www.summitpost.org /show/route_link.pl/route_id/5364/object_id/4646   (725 words)

  
 Eine kurze Geschichte von Canfranc   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Over 15 years experts watched the weather before they agreed on the valley of Aragón and Canfranc as the future site of the boarder train station as well as the southern end of the tunnel.
Soon it became apparent that the loss of time in Canfranc caused the connection to become ineconomic for hauliers.
Thereafter again, but not for long, Canfranc became important, yet in 1970 when on the French side the rail bridge of Estanguet collapsed it was the end of the international rail traffic.
www.canfranc.de /gesche.html   (504 words)

  
 Canfranc en het joodse goud - © Spaans Leren Amsterdam
Een gehucht was het (en is het nog steeds), maar wel met een enorm station-hotel dat zichtbaar betere tijden had gekend.
Ook komen in het krantenartikel twee hoogbejaarde inwoners van Canfranc aan het woord, die het zich nog allemaal herinnerden: de treinen die op het station stilhielden en de vrachtwagens met Spaanse nummerborden die onder legerescorte werden volgeladen en wegreden richting Zaragoza.
Een klein deel van het goud bleef achter in Spanje, het grootste deel ging naar Portugal vanwaar het hoogstwaarschijnlijk naar Zuid-Amerika is gegaan.
www.spaansleren.nl /canfranc.htm   (909 words)

  
 Canfranc, Spain Cheap Hotels Motels - hotel and motel rooms and reservations available in Canfranc, Spain
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www.eztrip.com /CANFRANC_ES_INTL.html   (383 words)

  
 Canfranc quiere darle un uso a la Torreta de Fusileros
Canfranc quiere darle un uso a la Torreta de Fusileros
El Ayuntamiento de Canfranc ha solicitado al Ministerio de Medio Ambienta la cesión de la Torreta de Fusileros, que se encuentra en la entrada de la localidad y que desde hace más de un año permanece cerrada.
El Ayuntamiento de Canfranc está elaborando una memoria en la que plasmar los posibles usos, aunque Sánchez señala que “ya vamos centrándonos, y creemos que podríamos dedicarlo a temas sociales o culturales”.
www.pirineodigital.com /noticias/2004/05/17/torreta-canfranc.htm   (358 words)

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