# Pont Royal
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{{Short description|Bridge}}
{{Infobox Bridge
|name= Pont Royal
|image= Pont Royal 2009.jpg
|caption= Pont Royal
|official_name=
|also_known_as=
|carries= Motor vehicles, pedestrians, and bicycles
|crosses= [The Seine River](/source/Seine)
|locale= [Paris](/source/Paris), [France](/source/France)
|id=
|design= [Arch Bridge](/source/Arch_bridge)
|length= 110 m
|width= 17 m [[http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0000222 Structure data]]
|below=
|begin= 1685
|complete= 1689
|toll= Free both ways
|coordinates= {{coord|48|51|36.35|N|02|19|47.56|E|display=inline,title}}
|downstream= [Passerelle Léopold
-Sédar-Senghor](/source/Passerelle_L%C3%A9opold-S%C3%A9dar-Senghor)
|upstream= [Pont du Carrousel](/source/Pont_du_Carrousel)
}}
The '''Pont Royal''' is a [bridge](/source/bridge) crossing the river [Seine](/source/Seine) in [Paris](/source/Paris). It is the third oldest bridge in Paris, after the [Pont Neuf](/source/Pont_Neuf) and the [Pont Marie](/source/Pont_Marie).
==Location==
The Pont Royal links the [Right Bank](/source/Rive_Droite) by the [Pavillon de Flore](/source/Pavillon_de_Flore) with the [Left Bank](/source/Rive_Gauche) of Paris between [rue du Bac](/source/rue_du_Bac) and the [rue de Beaune](/source/rue_de_Beaune). The bridge is constructed with five elliptical arches ''en plein cintre''. A hydrographic ladder, indicating floods' highest level in Paris, is visible on the last pier nearest each bank.
[[File:Musee d'Orsay and Pont Royal, North-West view 140402 1.jpg|600px|thumbnail|center|[Musée d'Orsay](/source/Mus%C3%A9e_d'Orsay) and Pont Royal]]
==Access==
{{station paris metro|Tuileries}}
==History==
In 1632, the entrepreneur [Pierre Pidou](/source/Pierre_Pidou) directed the construction of a wooden toll-bridge which would be called ''Pont Sainte-Anne'' (in deference to [Anne of Austria](/source/Anne_of_Austria)) or ''Pont Rouge'' (due to its color). It was designed to replace the Tuileries ferry upon which the [rue du Bac](/source/rue_du_Bac) (''bac'' meaning ''ferry'' in French) owes its name. The ferry had been offering crossings since 1550. Fragile, this bridge of fifteen arches would be repaired for the first time in 1649, completely redone two years later, burnt in 1654, flooded in 1656, completely rebuilt in 1660, propped up in 1673 and finally carried away by a flood in February 1684. [Madame de Sévigné](/source/Madame_de_S%C3%A9vign%C3%A9) reported that this last incident caused the loss of eight of the bridge's arches.
The bridge was finally reconstructed between 25 October 1685 and 13 June 1689, this time with [stone](/source/masonry), receiving complete financing from King [Louis XIV](/source/Louis_XIV). It was the king who gave it the name ''Pont Royal''. [Louvois](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois-Michel_le_Tellier%2C_Marquis_de_Louvois), director of the [Bâtiments du Roi](/source/B%C3%A2timents_du_Roi), charged [Jacques Gabriel](/source/Jacques_Gabriel), [Jules Hardouin-Mansart](/source/Jules_Hardouin-Mansart) and [François Romain](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_Romain) with the construction project. In the 18th century, the bridge was a popular meeting place for various festivities and celebrations.
thumb|left|Le Pont Rouge
At the time of the [French Revolution](/source/French_Revolution), in the period following the fall of the monarchy on 10 August 1792 and the beginning of the [First French Empire](/source/First_French_Empire) in 1804 - the name of Pont Royal was changed to Pont National. During that period, General [Napoléon Bonaparte](/source/Napoleon) (future Napoléon I, [Emperor of the French](/source/Emperor_of_the_French)) had cannons installed on the bridge in order to protect the [Convention Nationale](/source/Convention_Nationale) and the [Committee of Public Safety](/source/Committee_of_Public_Safety), housed in the [Tuileries](/source/Tuileries) Palace.
During the First French Empire (1804–1814), Napoléon I renamed the bridge the ''Pont des Tuileries'', a name that was kept until the [Restoration](/source/Bourbon_Restoration_in_France) in 1814 when [Louis XVIII](/source/Louis_XVIII) gave back to the bridge its royal name.
The bridge underwent a last reconstruction in 1850. In 1939, it was classified as a ''[monument historique](/source/monument_historique)''.[{{Base Mérimée|PA00086000}} Pont-Royal]
In 2005, the ''Pont Royal'' was illuminated by lights at night as one of the [Paris Olympic Bid](/source/Paris_2012_Olympic_bid) highlights.
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==Gallery==
File:Paris-PontRoyal-1686.jpg|Construction of the bridge in 1686
File:Paris-PontRoyal-1687.jpg|Construction of the bridge in 1687
File:Le Pont Royal et le Pavillon de Flore, 1814 - BnF.jpg|The bridge and the [Pavillon de Flore](/source/Pavillon_de_Flore) in 1814
File:Paris-PontRoyal-1850.jpg|The Pont Royal in 1850
File:Pont_Royal_vu_de_la_passerelle_Solférino-20050628.jpg|View from the [Passerelle Solférino](/source/Passerelle_Solf%C3%A9rino)
File:Pont Royal and Musée d'Orsay, Paris 10 July 2020.jpg| Pont Royal and Musée d'Orsay
File:France_Paris_Pont_Royal_01.JPG
File:France_Paris_Pont_Royal_02.JPG
File:France_Paris_Pont_Royal_04.JPG
==See also==
* [List of crossings of the River Seine](/source/List_of_crossings_of_the_River_Seine)
==References==
This article was mainly derived from the [French Article](/source/%3Afr%3APont_Royal) of the same name.
==Further reading==
* {{cite book | last=Whitney | first=Charles S. | year=2003 | title=Bridges of the World: Their Design and Construction
| place=Mineola, New York | publisher=Dover Publications | isbn=978-0486429953 | edition=Reprint | url=https://archive.org/details/bridgesofworldth0000whit | access-date=12 January 2025}}
==External links==
{{Commons category|Pont Royal}}
* {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.paris.fr/portail/deplacements/Portal.lut?page_id=232 Pont Royal Information from the Paris city hall website]
{{Bridges in Paris}}
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