"Pont Neuf The Pont Neuf (, ""New Bridge"") is the oldest standing bridge across the river Seine in Paris, France. It stands by the western (downstream) point of the Île de la Cité, the island in the middle of the river that was, between 250 and 225 BC, the birthplace of Paris, then known as Lutetia, and during the medieval period, the heart of the city. The bridge is composed of two separate spans, one of five arches joining the left bank to the ""Île de la Cité"", another of seven joining the island to the right bank. Old engraved"
"Pont Notre-Dame The Pont Notre-Dame is a bridge that crosses the Seine in Paris, France linking the ""quai de Gesvres"" on the Rive Droite with the ""quai de la Corse"" on the Île de la Cité. The bridge is noted for being the ""most ancient"" in Paris, in the sense that, while the oldest bridge in Paris that is ""in its original state"" is undoubtedly the Pont Neuf, a bridge in some form has existed at the site of the Pont Notre-Dame since antiquity; nonetheless, it has been destroyed and reconstructed numerous times, a fact referred to in the Latin"
"Île de la Cité, one of the two natural islands on the Seine within the city limits, to the Rive Droite (). Pont Notre-Dame The Pont Notre-Dame is a bridge that crosses the Seine in Paris, France linking the ""quai de Gesvres"" on the Rive Droite with the ""quai de la Corse"" on the Île de la Cité. The bridge is noted for being the ""most ancient"" in Paris, in the sense that, while the oldest bridge in Paris that is ""in its original state"" is undoubtedly the Pont Neuf, a bridge in some form has existed at the site"
"Pont Royal The Pont Royal is a bridge crossing the river Seine in Paris. It is the third oldest bridge in Paris, after the Pont Neuf and the Pont Marie. The Pont Royal links the Right Bank by the Pavillon de Flore with the Left Bank of Paris between rue du Bac and the rue de Beaune. The bridge is constructed with five elliptical arches ""en plein cintre"". A hydrographic ladder, indicating floods' highest level in Paris, is visible on the last pier nearest each bank. In 1632, the entrepreneur Pierre Pidou directed the construction of a wooden toll-bridge which"
"1850. In 1939, it was classified as a ""monument historique"". In 2005, the ""Pont Royal"" was illuminated by lights at night as one of the Paris Olympic Bid highlights. This article was mainly derived from the of the same name. Pont Royal The Pont Royal is a bridge crossing the river Seine in Paris. It is the third oldest bridge in Paris, after the Pont Neuf and the Pont Marie. The Pont Royal links the Right Bank by the Pavillon de Flore with the Left Bank of Paris between rue du Bac and the rue de Beaune. The bridge is"
"banks in Paris, lined with top monuments including Notre-Dame, the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre Museum and Musée d'Orsay. There are 37 bridges within Paris and dozens more spanning the river outside the city. Examples in Paris include the Pont Alexandre III and Pont Neuf, the latter of which dates back to 1607. Outside the city, examples include the Pont de Normandie, one of the longest cable-stayed bridges in the world, which links Le Havre to Honfleur. The Seine rises in the commune of Source-Seine, about northwest of Dijon. The source has been owned by the city of Paris since 1864."
"negotiations with the mayor of Paris, Jacques Chirac, and preparations for the project began. For the wrapping of the oldest bridge in Paris, 40,000 m of sand-colored polyamide fabric was needed. The golden sandstone color is used to imitate the color of pavements in Paris under sunset. The wrapping began on 25 August 1985 and was completed on 22 September. On the 5th of October, the project was removed after being viewed by over three million visitors. All the expenses for ""The Pont Neuf Wrapped"" were borne by the couple themselves. Just as in all other projects, they do not"
"mark on Nonda’s artistic trajectory. Increasingly frustrated by constraints of limited gallery space and complaints that large works don’t sell, he decided to move his work outdoors and work on a huge scale. In 1960, with the personal support of the French minister of culture, Andre Malraux, Nonda organized a one-man exhibition under the arch of the Pont Neuf (the oldest bridge in Paris). This was a revival of a forgotten tradition in which leading French painters such as Boucher and Chardin had exhibited their own work “en plein aire” in the 18th century at the nearby Place Dauphine. Nonda’s"
"in 1968. Like that of its sister-bridge, the Pont Amont, ""Pont Aval"" owes its name to its position on the Seine River: Pont ""Amont"" (""amont"" meaning ""upstream"" in French) is the first bridge on the river as it enters Paris, Pont ""Aval"" (""aval"" meaning ""downstream"") is the last. Pont aval The Pont Aval is a bridge that crosses the Seine in Paris, France. It is open exclusively to motor vehicles traveling along the Boulevard Périphérique, a roadway which encircles the city. The Pont Aval is the last bridge spanning the Seine if one were to follow the river's course downstream"
"Pont au Change The Pont au Change is a bridge over the Seine River in Paris, France. The bridge is located at the border between the first and fourth arrondissements. It connects the Île de la Cité from the Palais de Justice and the Conciergerie, to the Right Bank, at the Place du Châtelet. Several bridges bearing the name ""Pont au Change"" have stood on this site. It owes its name to the goldsmiths and money changers who had installed their shops on an earlier version of the bridge in the 12th century. The current bridge was constructed from 1858"
"name : its current designation (""Pont Amont"") is, much like for the ""Pont Aval"", completely unofficial. Pont amont The Pont Amont (French for ""upriver bridge"") is a bridge in Paris which carries the ""Boulevard Périphérique"" (Paris' inner ring road) over the Seine River. Entirely dedicated to motor traffic, it is the first bridge to be seen when following the Seine downstream into Paris. The bridge links the 12th and 13th arrondissements, near the ""Quai d'Ivry"" and the ""Quai de Bercy"". The bridge being 270 m long, it is the second longest bridge in Paris, after its downstream counterpart, the ""Pont"
"maps of Paris show how, when the bridge was built, it just grazed the downstream tip of the ""Île de la Cité""; since then, the natural sandbar building of a mid-river island, aided by stone-faced embankments called ""quais"", has extended the island. Today the tip of the island is the location of the ""Square du Vert-Galant"", a small public park named in honour of Henry IV, nicknamed the ""Green Gallant"". The name ""Pont Neuf"" was given to distinguish it from older bridges that were lined on both sides with houses. It has remained after all of those were replaced. It"
"Pont des Arts The Pont des Arts or Passerelle des Arts is a pedestrian bridge in Paris which crosses the River Seine. It links the Institut de France and the central square (""cour carrée"") of the Palais du Louvre, (which had been termed the ""Palais des Arts"" under the First French Empire). Between 1802 and 1804, under the reign of Napoleon I, a nine-arch metallic bridge for pedestrians was constructed at the location of the present day Pont des Arts: this was the first metal bridge in Paris. The engineers Louis-Alexandre de Cessart and Jacques Dillon initially conceived of a"
"Blanchet, the daughter of a prominent Paris harpsichord maker and wife of Armand-Louis Couperin, often took the place of her husband at the organs of Saint-Gervais, Sainte-Chapelle and Notre Dame. Her daughter, Céleste, also became a noted Paris organist at Saint-Gervais. The most popular gathering place for street musicians and singers, as well as clowns, acrobats, and poets, was the Pont Neuf, inaugurated by Louis XIII in 1613. All the carriages of the aristocracy and the wealthy crossed the bridge, and since it was the only bridge not lined by houses, there was room for a large audience. Listeners could"
"Pont amont The Pont Amont (French for ""upriver bridge"") is a bridge in Paris which carries the ""Boulevard Périphérique"" (Paris' inner ring road) over the Seine River. Entirely dedicated to motor traffic, it is the first bridge to be seen when following the Seine downstream into Paris. The bridge links the 12th and 13th arrondissements, near the ""Quai d'Ivry"" and the ""Quai de Bercy"". The bridge being 270 m long, it is the second longest bridge in Paris, after its downstream counterpart, the ""Pont Aval"", which also carries the ""Périphérique"". Inaugurated in 1969, it has not been given an official"
"circulation in 1977 and, in 1979, suffered a 60-metre collapse after a barge rammed into it. The present bridge was built between 1981 and 1984 ""identically"" according to the plans of Louis Arretche, who had decided to reduce the number of arches from nine to seven, allowing the look of the old bridge to be preserved while realigning the new structure with the Pont Neuf. On 27 June 1984, the newly reconstructed bridge was inaugurated by Jacques Chirac, then the mayor of Paris. The bridge has sometimes served as a place for art exhibitions, and is today a ""studio en"
"Grenouille leaves him, the bridge collapses and his house and shop, with him inside, falls into the river. Pont au Change The Pont au Change is a bridge over the Seine River in Paris, France. The bridge is located at the border between the first and fourth arrondissements. It connects the Île de la Cité from the Palais de Justice and the Conciergerie, to the Right Bank, at the Place du Châtelet. Several bridges bearing the name ""Pont au Change"" have stood on this site. It owes its name to the goldsmiths and money changers who had installed their shops"
"bridge in Paris, he placed a statue of himself in the middle. The King restored Paris as a great city, with the Pont Neuf, which still stands today, constructed over the river Seine to connect the Right and Left Banks of the city. Henry IV also had the ""Place Royale"" built (since 1800 known as Place des Vosges), and added the ""Grande Galerie"" to the Louvre Palace. More than 400 metres long and thirty-five metres wide, this huge addition was built along the bank of the Seine River. At the time it was the longest edifice of its kind in"
"height, given new façades, rebuilt or replaced with heightened pastiches of the originals. Three medieval buildings remain on the Île de la Cité (east to west): The oldest remaining residential quarter is the Ancien Cloître. Baron Haussmann demolished some of the network of narrow streets, but was dismissed in 1869 before the entire quarter was lost. Old engraved maps of Paris show how, when the Pont Neuf was built, it grazed the downstream tip, the ""stern"" of the island-ship. Since then, the natural sandbar building of a mid-river island, aided by stone-faced embankments called ""quais"", has extended the island, which"
"two centuries. Another element of the new architecture of Paris was the bridge. The Pont Neuf (1599–1604) and Pont Royal (1685–89), by engineer François Romain and architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart, were built without the rows of houses that occupied earlier bridges, and were designed to match the grand style of the architecture around them. After the assassination of Henry IV in 1610, his widow, Marie de' Medici, became the regent for the young Louis XIII and between 1615 and 1631 she built a residence for herself, the Luxembourg Palace, on the left bank. It was inspired by the palaces of her"
"for her colorful sculptural figures; Arman and Cesar Baldaccini. In 1964, French cultural minister André Malraux invited Marc Chagall, who had fled Paris to escape the Nazis in 1941, to paint the ceiling of the Opera Garnier. In August–September, 1985, after years of negotiation with the French government, the conceptual artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrapped the Pont Neuf with 40,000 square meters of polyamide plastic. The bridge remained wrapped for two weeks. The first dedicated museum of modern art in Paris, the ""Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris"" opened in June, 1947 in the old ""Palais de Tokyo"""
"Forest or bridge deck Célestins. The flying bridge is washed away in part by the melting ice on 18 January 1789, then completely during the winter 1795. It is replaced in 1797 by a wooden bridge built at the initiative of William Niogret. This keeps the bridge name bridge driving, but it is also called the Pont Neuf. It is damaged by the fallout of fireworks in 1820, then by the flood of 1824. It was finally destroyed in 1833 and replaced by a bridge built by the company in Seguin 1833–1834 to serve Palais de Justice . The central"
"A major restoration of the ""Pont Neuf"" was begun in 1994 and was completed in 2007, the year of its 400th anniversary. The ""mascarons"" are the stone masks, 381 in number, each being different and which decorate the sides of the bridge. They represent the heads of forest and field divinities from ancient mythology, as well as satyrs and sylvains. They are copies of the originals attributed to the French Renaissance sculptor Germain Pilon (1525–1590), who also sculpted the tomb of King Henry II of France and Queen Catherine de'Medici in the Basilica of St Denis, five kilometers north of"
"Pont aval The Pont Aval is a bridge that crosses the Seine in Paris, France. It is open exclusively to motor vehicles traveling along the Boulevard Périphérique, a roadway which encircles the city. The Pont Aval is the last bridge spanning the Seine if one were to follow the river's course downstream through the capital. The Pont Aval is located in the southwest of Paris, linking the 15th and 16th arrondissements, connecting the Quai d'Issy-les-Moulineaux and the Quai Saint-Exupéry. With a total length of 313 meters (1,027 feet), the Pont Aval is the longest in Paris. The bridge was opened"
"about 19. Second, it was decided to allow houses to be built on the bridge (though they never were). This required the widening of the bridge. The remaining piers were built over the next nine years. After a long delay beginning in 1588, due to political unrest and to the Wars of Religion, construction was resumed in 1599 under the reign of Henry IV. The bridge was opened to traffic in 1604 and completed in July 1606. It was inaugurated by Henri IV in 1607. Like most bridges of its time, The ""Pont Neuf"" is constructed as a series of"
"Pont d'Iéna Pont d'Iéna (""Jena Bridge"") is a bridge spanning the River Seine in Paris. It links the Eiffel Tower on the Left Bank to the district of Trocadéro on the Right Bank. In 1807, Napoleon I ordered, by an imperial decree issued in Warsaw, the construction of a bridge overlooking the Military School, and named the bridge after his victory in 1806 at the Battle of Jena, disregarding names considered previously: ""pont du Champ-de-Mars"" and ""pont de l'École militaire"". Prussian General Blücher wanted to destroy the bridge before the Battle of Paris in 1814, but was persuaded not to"
"Pont d'Arcole The Pont d'Arcole is a bridge in Paris over the River Seine. It is served by the Metro station Hôtel de Ville. The need for a bridge communicating between place de Grève (now Place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville) and the île de la Cité had been felt for years. Called the passerelle de Grève or the pont de l'Hôtel-de-Ville for the first two years of its life, its present name - according to the most generally accepted hypothesis - comes from the Battle of the Bridge of Arcole, in which Napoleon personally led a charge waving the tricolour and defeated"
"Petit Pont The Petit Pont (""Little Bridge"") is a bridge crossing the River Seine in Paris, built in 1853, although a structure has crossed the river at this point since antiquity. The present bridge is a single stone arch linking the 4th arrondissement and the Île de la Cité, with the 5th arrondissement, between quai de Montebello and quai Saint-Michel. The Petit Pont is notable for having been destroyed, at least thirteen times since its original inception during Gallo-Roman times to the mid-19th century. It is served by the Metro station Saint-Michel. A bridge linking the Île de la Cité"
"is the oldest bridge over the Rhone. The bridge from the Middle Ages was based on a forest of oak piles, which have made the digging of the subway tunnel, in the 1980s. Some arches have been filled on the left bank, in the 1820s. This explains the anomaly which Lyon is known as Place du Pont (now Place Gabriel Péri) a place that is a hundred metres from the top deck. The bridge was destroyed during the retreat of the German army in September 1944. It was demolished in 1952 and replaced by a wider bridge, with a metallic"
"Pont Alexandre III The Pont Alexandre III is a deck arch bridge that spans the Seine in Paris. It connects the Champs-Élysées quarter with those of the Invalides and Eiffel Tower. The bridge is widely regarded as the most ornate, extravagant bridge in the city. It is classified as a French Monument historique since 1975. The Beaux-Arts style bridge, with its exuberant Art Nouveau lamps, cherubs, nymphs and winged horses at either end, was built between 1896 and 1900. It is named after Tsar Alexander III, who had concluded the Franco-Russian Alliance in 1892. His son Nicholas II laid the"
"wood in 1413, but was washed away in 1499. The new Pont Notre-Dame was built of stone between 1500 and 1514 in the new Renaissanace style, under the direction of a monk from Italy, Brother Joconde, and the designer-constructor Jean de Dayac. It was lined by sixty-eight identical houses made of bricks and stone. Each house was numbered, a novelty which later was used on the streets of Paris. The Pont Saint-Michel was completed in 1378, and was later called the Pont Neuf, then the Petit Pont Neuf. It was also covered with houses, and was washed away several times."
"Pont du Carrousel The Pont du Carrousel is a bridge in Paris, which spans the River Seine between the Quai des Tuileries and the Quai Voltaire. Begun in 1831 in the prolongation of the ""rue des Saints-Pères"" on the Left Bank, the original bridge was known under that name until its inauguration, in 1834, when king Louis-Philippe named it ""Pont du Carrousel"", because it opened on the Right Bank river frontage of the Palais du Louvre near the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel in front of the Tuileries. The bridge's architect, Antoine-Rémy Polonceau, succeeded in a design that was innovative"
"identified by colorful signs that created additional obstacles for passers-by. The first two bridges in Paris were built by the Parisii in the third century BC to connect the Île-de-la-Cité to the Left and Right Bank of the Seine. They were burned by the Parisii themselves in an unsuccessful effort to defend the city against the Romans. They were rebuilt by the Romans, then regularly destroyed and replaced over the centuries in almost the same locations. The first Grand Pont was built by Charles V just to the west of the modern Pont au Change. It was carried away by"