Pont de la Concorde

The Pont de la Concorde, in English Concorde Bridge, was built in 1791 by the engineer Jean-Rodolphe Perronet and was founded by Colbert. The bridge is made out of some of the recovered dressed stone from the Bastille after it was destroyed during the French Revolution. It crosses the Seine River and consists out of five masonry arches which form an arc. The name of the bridge was changed many times in the course of history. It was named Pont Louis XVI, Pont Révolution, Pont de la Concorde, Pont Louis XVI (again) and finally since 1830 the bridge has the name “Pont de la Concorde”.

The bridge was implemented with many statues which represent ministers, soldiers and sailors. But the problem was that the statues were too heavy so they replaced them to Versaille. From 1930 to 1932 the bridge was restored. In 1931 they widened the bridge from its original 14m to 35m and added spans. But the original sharp is still left.

The bridge offers a superb view on the Concorde Square and the Palais-Bourbon.

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