Pont Neuf Paris 02 Canvas Print

The Pont Neuf at dusk. Paris, France.

Panoramic view of the Pont Neuf and the Ile de la Cite at dusk when the electric lighting is turned on.

The Pont Neuf, or New Bridge, happens to be the oldest standing Parisian bridge across the Seine. Its path is interrupted by the western edge of the Île de la Cité, the island in the middle of the river that was the birthplace of Paris around 250 BC, then known as Lutetia, and during the medieval period, the heart of the city, where the kings and queens of France lived.

The bridge is composed of two separate spans, one of five arches joining the left bank to the Île de la Cité, another of seven joining the island to the right bank. Old maps of Paris show that the bridge just grazed the downstream tip of the island. Since then, stone-faced embankments called quais, have extended the island. Today the tip of the island is the location of the Square du Vert-Galant, a small public park named in honour of Henry IV, nickn...

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