Pont d’Arcole – Paris bridge – Facts
The Pont d’Arcole was the first bridge built in wrought iron in 1854 when it replaced a suspension footbridge linking the Ile de la Cité to the Right Bank
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Pont de la Concorde in Paris
The construction of the Pont de la Concorde was completed during the French Revolution with stones salvaged from the Bastille Fortress
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Passerelle Léopold-Sédar-Senghor
Passerelle Solférino was renamed Passerelle Léopold-Sédar-Senghor to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Senegalese politician’s birth
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Pont des Invalides, Paris’ lowest bridge
Pont des Invalides, the lowest of the Parisian bridges, spans the Seine upstream from the Hôtel des Invalides from which it draws its name
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Legend of the Pont du Diable
The Lord of Chalençon built the Pont du Diable – Devil’s Bridge in the 10th century to ease the transport of goods between his castle and the Rhône Valley
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Bouziès, boating base on the river Lot
Bouziès, a popular boating base and tourist spot on the river Lot renowned for its spectacular cliffs and towpath carved into the rock
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Pont Mirabeau and Apollinaire’s poem
Pont Mirabeau, a Paris bridge made famous when Guillaume Apollinaire published a poem after his break up with the painter Marie Laurencin
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Vaison-la-Romaine, roman and medieval city
Vaison-la-Romaine, a medieval city of Vaucluse in Provence that boasts an impressive number of Roman ruins including a 1st century AD single arch bridge
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Peyre troglodyte medieval village
Peyre, a semi-troglodyte medieval village perched on a cliff overlooking the Viaduct of Millau over the river Tarn and ranked among the Beaux Villages de France
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Montlaur village – Rougier de Camarès
Montlaur, a picturesque and historical village located in the fertile Dourdou Valley in the Rougier de Camarès and inhabited since ancient times
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Pont des Arts footbridge
Opened in 1984, the current Pont des Arts faithfully replicates the original early 19th-century footbridge, which was the first metal bridge in Paris
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Pont Saint-Bénézet in Avignon
The Pont Saint-Bénézet, also known as the Pont d’Avignon, now stands with just 4 arches remaining from its original 22, inspiring a popular nursery rhyme
