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    with the route de Senlis (rue Saint-Martin) but gained an advantage over it with the demolition of the Grand Pont (see Pont au Change) and the development...
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    location downstream of Petit-Pont was chosen, on the line of Rue Saint-Denis, from the Grand-Pont on the right bank and of Rue de la Harpe on the left bank...
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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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    l'Odéon Rue de l'Odéon Rue Palatine named after Anne Henriette of Bavaria, Princess Palatine (1648–1723) Rue Pierre Sarrazin Rue des Poitevins Rue du Pont de...
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    riverbanks on either side. The Grand Pont (or Pont au Change) spanned the wider reach to the Right Bank, while the Petit Pont crossed the narrower channel...
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    Paris Petit Palais Palais de la Découverte Pont Alexandre-III Louis Levacher Félix Charpentier, maker of a Grand Palais sculpture. The Art Newspaper Review...
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    constructed by Charles the Bald in 870 to defend the then new Grand-Pont bridge (now replaced by the Pont au Change), but it is known that Louis VI built a stronger...
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    Rue Neuve-du-Temple. On 23 May 1863, a decree declares the alignment of streets Rue des Billettes, Rue de l'Homme-Armé, Rue du Chaume, Rue du Grand-Chantier...
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    Palais Pinacothèque de Paris Place de la Concorde Pont Alexandre III Pont de l'Alma Pont de la Concorde Pont des Invalides Salle Gaveau The Scots Kirk (l'Église...
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    accesses: Access 1: Forum Pont de Sèvres Île Seguin Access 2: quai Alphonse Gallo Sous-Préfecture des Hauts-de-Seine Access 3: rue de Bellevue The station...
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    around n°41. Rue de Lille (Paris) Rue du Pont-Neuf, Paris "Rue Voltaire à Sceaux". cartorum.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-08. "Rue Voltaire | Archives...
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    Penthièvre, the rue du Colisée and the rue Marbeuf and finally the Seine river where it ended, between the pont de l'Alma and the Place du Trocadéro. In...
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    financier Barbier. Originally, the street was named Grand Chemin du Bac, then Ruelle du Bac and Grande Rue du Bac. 1 : Built by Auguste Rolin and C. La Horgue...
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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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    after the Dauphin, son of Henry IV of France. The Pont Neuf crosses the river Seine in front of the Rue Dauphine. Nobel prize–winning physicist Pierre Curie...
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    name "Châtelet" refers to the stronghold, the Grand Châtelet, that guarded the northern end of the Pont au Change, containing the offices of the prévôt...
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  • 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...
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  • - chef Rue de l'Arbre-Sec Rue d'Argenteuil - Argenteuil, a commune in Val-d'Oise Pont des Arts - named due to its proximity to the Louvre Rue Baillet...
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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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  • 1499. It was on this spot that the first bridge of Paris, called the Grand-Pont, crossed the Seine from antiquity. A bridge has existed there since at...
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    Rue du Pont-Neuf, Porte de Gand, and Boulevard Carnot) are also part of Vieux-Lille. The part of Vieux-Lille to the north of rue du Pont-Neuf and rue...
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    Saint-Germain from the Pont de la Concorde to rue du Bac; building rue des Saints-Pères and rue de Rennes. Extending the rue de la Glacière and enlarging...
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    former headquarters occupied a full city block at 66 rue des Archives in Paris (rue des Archives, rue Charlot [fr], 1,000 people). The group had set up,...
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    so-called "Pont Rue" that stretches for hundreds of metres around Vers and still stands up to 7.5 m (25 ft) high. Other surviving parts include the Pont de Bornègre...
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    the Pont Saint-Michel, was decided upon in 1378. A location downstream of the Petit-Pont was chosen on the line of the Rue Saint-Denis from the Grand-Pont...
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    The Rue Foyatier is a street on the Montmartre butte ("outlier"), in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. Opened in 1867, it was given its current name in...
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    four bridges to both banks of the river and to the Île de la Cité by the Pont Saint-Louis. The island is located within the 4th arrondissement of Paris...
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  • Thumbnail for 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...
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    which includes, from north to south, the Avenue de la Tranchée, the Pont Wilson, the Rue Nationale et the Avenue de Grammont. The northern part of the street...
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    Luxembourg Palace via the Pont au Change, the Pont Neuf, and Rue Dauphine. The second line, which linked Rue Saint Antoine and Rue Saint-Denis, began operation...
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