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Le pont des Arts (10)
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The Pont des Arts, also said Arts bridge connects the Court Square du Louvre at the Institut de France. The Palais du Louvre palace also called Arts in the first Empire. Bonaparte, First Consul, decide to build iron, a first for our country. It followed that a French initiative.
Description
The work assigned to the engineer Louis-Alexandre de Cessar, will start in 1802. They will last 2 years. The bridge, reserved for pedestrians, was designed along the lines of wooden bridges. It should give the appearance, because of its elevation compared to the level of platforms, a hanging garden. It will be equipped with shrubs, flower boxes and benches. The bridge toll was like most other bridges in Paris. More than 65,000 Parisians came to give their support on the day of his inauguration.
Following a collision with a barge, it is closed in 1970. His iron structure which does not repair, it was rebuilt in steel, the same between 1982 and 1984, but with two arches and less. Its length is 156 metres to a width of 9.80 meters. Allowing crossing the Seine between the Place du Louvre square and the Institute (College of Four Seasons under the Consulate), it is necessary for visitors who wish to benefit from one of the most beautiful scenery offered in Paris.
Meeting favourite lovers, it attracts many painters who have a unique viewpoint on the Louvre, the Pont-Neuf, the Palais de Justice, the boom of the Sainte-Chapelle and the towers of Notre-Dame de Paris. The project to construct a replica of the bridge in Japan, as part of the year in France, was unable to see the day because of the hostility of a section of public opinion. |
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