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Pont Neuf


  • Type: Arch Bridge
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Structure


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Timeline

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 Henri IV resumes construction of the New Bridge.
1603/06/00 Henri IV crosses the Seine the New Bridge 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 b 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.

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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



Creative Works »

WorkTypeAsNotedInCreatorNote
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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