| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1314/03/18 | Knights Templar | End | Jacques de Molay, last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burnt alive at the stake on the north end of Ile de Cite in Paris. A modern monument on Square du Vert Galant marks the site adjacent to the Pont Neuf Bridge. | |||
| 1578/05/00 | Henri III of France | Sovereign | Henri III of France sets the foundation stone for a new bridge to span the Seine. | |||
| 1587/00/00 | Work on the New Bridge, just breaking above the water line, is interrupted. | |||||
| 1598/03/00 | Henry IV of France | Sovereign | Henri IV resumes construction of the New Bridge. | |||
| 1603/06/00 | Henry IV of France | Life | Henri IV crosses the Seine via a temporary bridge - planks laid across the half-built structure. | |||
| 1607/00/00 | Pont Neuf is completed across the Seine. | |||||
| 1614/00/00 | Marie de' Medici commissions an equestrian statue (lost) of her late husband, Henri IV of France. The statue will be melted down and recast into cannons during the Revolution. | |||||
| 1810/00/00 | A bronze statue (lost) of General Louis Desaix by Claude Dejoux is inaugurated on the Place des Victoires. Commissioned by Napoleon, the unpopular nude sculpture will be removed and melted down for an Equestrian statue of Henry IV on the Pont Neuf. |
| Particulars for Pont Neuf: | |
|---|---|
| Bridge Type | Arch Bridge |
| Structure type | Bridge |
| Area of Significance | Engineering |
| Architectural Style | Henry IV style |
| Architectural feature | Mascaron |
| Building Material | Stone |
| Sight Category | Structure |
| Work | Type | AsNotedIn | Creator | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Adventure of the German Student (Short Story) | Short Story | Washington Irving | He supported her faltering steps across the Pont Neuf, and by the place where the statue of Henry the Fourth had been overthrown by the populace. |
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