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    The pont Saint-Louis is a pedestrian bridge across the River Seine in the 4th arrondissement of Paris. It links the Île de la Cité with the Île Saint-Louis...
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    Île Saint-Louis is connected to the rest of Paris by four bridges to both banks of the river and to the Île de la Cité by the Pont Saint-Louis. The island...
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    The Pont Saint-Bénézet (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ sɛ̃ benezɛ]; Provençal: Pònt de Sant Beneset), also known as the Pont d'Avignon (IPA: [pɔ̃ daviɲɔ̃])...
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    The Pont Louis-Philippe is a bridge across the River Seine in Paris. It is located in the 4th arrondissement, and it links the Quai de Bourbon on the Île...
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    Menton, facing towards Italy. The ouvrage and its advance casemate at Pont Saint Louis controlled the coastal roads along the Mediterranean. The ouvrage was...
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  • Saint-Louis) Pont Marie (between Île Saint-Louis and the rive droite) Pont Louis-Philippe (between Île Saint-Louis and the rive droite) Pont Saint-Louis (pedestrian...
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  • Saint-Louis) Pont Louis-Philippe (between the Rive Droite and the Île Saint-Louis) Pont Marie (between the Rive Droite and the Île Saint-Louis) Pont de la Tournelle...
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    The Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge–Tunnel (French: Pont-Tunnel Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine) is a highway bridge–tunnel running over and beneath the...
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    the buildings along both sides of the Seine. Pont au Change The Pont Saint-Michel Pont Saint-Louis Pont d'Arcole From early times wooden bridges linked...
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    that the French positions at Bourg-Saint-Maurice were held by 5,500 troops. The entire bridge (pont) of Saint-Louis was Italian before the war. The New...
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    Louis XVI, allowing him to carry the honorable de Nemours suffix. Growing up on his father's estate, "Bois des Fossés", near Égreville, young du Pont...
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    The Pont de la Tournelle (Tournelle Bridge in English), is an arch bridge spanning the river Seine in Paris. The location of the Pont de la Tournelle...
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    The Pont Marie is a bridge which crosses the Seine in Paris, France. The bridge links the Île Saint-Louis to the quai de l'Hôtel de Ville and is one of...
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    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...
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    cast and athletes started their travel on the river from the Pont d'Austerlitz to the Pont d'Iena, in front of the Eiffel Tower and the Jardins du Trocadéro...
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    northern France. On 1 January 2018, the former commune of Saint-Germain-Village was merged into Pont-Audemer. The commune is situated on the river Risle, 13 km...
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    The Pont Neuf (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ nœf], "New Bridge") is the oldest standing bridge across the river Seine in Paris, France. It stands by the western...
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    is named after the nearby bridge over the Seine, the Pont Marie, which connects to Île Saint-Louis. The station is located on the banks of the Seine, on...
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    The Pont de Sully (or Pont Sully; French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ də syli]) is a bridge across the Seine in Paris, France. In reality two separate bridges,...
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    Boulogne–Pont de Saint-Cloud (French pronunciation: [bulɔɲ pɔ̃ də sɛ̃ klu]) is the western terminus of Line 10 of the Paris Métro. The station lies under...
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  • Hôtel Saint-Pol, and a significant number of bridges, including Pont au Change, Pont au Double, Pont de Sully, Pont Louis-Philippe, Pont Marie, Pont Notre-Dame...
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    Pompadour) L’Incendie de l’Hôtel-Dieu (1772) Le Pont Neuf et la Samaritaine (1777) L’Ile Saint-Louis L’Hôtel Bretouvilliers L’Arsenal L’Ile Louviers Le...
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  • Jones). Pont d'Iéna in Paris (1914) Pont d'Iéna at the Place de Varsovie in Paris (1937) View from Pont d'Iéna in Paris (1937) Roman warrior by Louis-Joseph...
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  • Louis Du Pont Duchambon (Chalais, Charente January 1, 1680 – 1775?) was a French military officer who served as a member of the French Army during the...
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    March – Napoleon orders the building of three new bridges: Pont d'Austerlitz, Pont Saint-Louis and Pont des Arts. 1802 19 March – Napoleon orders the construction...
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    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...
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    Maga is the "Ponts des Arts". In 1991, UNESCO listed the entire Parisian riverfront, from the Eiffel Tower to the end of the Ile Saint Louis, as a World...
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    in Saint-Denis Louis XIV ordering the construction of Les Invalides Jules Hardouin-Mansart's project with unrealized south esplanade Visit of Louis XIV...
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    Pont-à-Mousson was again honoured, this time with the Croix de Guerre. Pont-à-Mousson was the birthplace of: Guarinus of Sitten (1065–1150), saint and...
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    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...
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