Thursday, October 25, 2012

Pont Neuf



The Pont Neuf (New Bridge) is the oldest standing bridge across the Seine and one of the first modern bridges in Paris, built with no houses in 1603. Pont Neuf joins the Right and Left Banks by the western point of the Île de la Cité. Its design features a series of short arch bridges with bastions for pedestrians to step aside for carriage pass. 


Thursday, October 18, 2012

Cimetière de Montmartre


In the 18th arrondissement in northern Paris, Montmartre Cemetery is built below street level on a quarry site, opened in 1825. 


On its pathways pay your respects to--artist Edgar Degas, actor/screenwriter/director François Truffaut, novelists Alexandre Dumas and Stendhal, choreographer/dancer Nijinsky, and painter/writer Francis Picabia. 





Thursday, October 11, 2012

Pont Notre-Dame


Pont Notre-Dame is located at one of the oldest historical crossing points on the Seine in Paris. 


An ancient structure, Grand Pont, occupied the present bridge's site up until the Norman invasions in the 9th century. A new stone bridge was built in 1853, its middle arches were later replaced with a metal arch. 





Thursday, October 4, 2012