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The opening of the international Somport railway

Canfranc, La Jacetania, Huesca

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The opening of the international Somport railway

Historical milestone · Canfranc, La Jacetania, Huesca

Image of Canfranc, not of the place itself.

Alfonso XIII and the French president Gaston Doumergue inaugurated in 1928 at Los Arañones the line that linked Zaragoza with Pau through the Somport tunnel, after almost half a century of works and negotiations between the two countries.

18 de julio de 1928

Photo: ERGOGAR (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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