Henry III1578
The decision to build the bridge is made by King Henry III who laid its first stone in 1578, during which year the foundations of four piers and one abutment were completed
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The decision to build the bridge is made by King Henry III who laid its first stone in 1578, during which year the foundations of four piers and one abutment were completed
The oldest standing bridge across the river Seine in Paris, its name, which was given to distinguish it from older bridges that were lined on both sides with houses, has remained. Standing by the western point of the Ile de la Cit‚, the island in the middle of the river Seine that was the heart of medieval Paris, it connects the Rive Gauche of Paris with the Rive Droite
The bridge is completed under the reign of Henry IV, who inaugurated it in 1607
At the point where the bridge crosses the Ile de la Cit‚, there stands a bronze equestrian statue of King Henry IV of France, originally commissioned from Giambologna under the orders of Marie de M‚dicis, Henris widow and Regent of France, in 1614
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