Pont d'Iéna

48.8597222222222.2922222222222Koordinaten: 48 ° 51 '35 " N, 2 ° 17' 32" E

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The Pont d' Iéna is a road bridge over the Seine in Paris, connecting the Champ de Mars and the Eiffel Tower to the Palais de Chaillot and the Trocadero.

Description

The stone arch bridge is 155 m long and has five shallow segmental arches with spans of 28 m and a height of 3.40 m arrow. It was originally 19 m wide, but was in 1937 widened to 35 m by concrete arches were grown with the same profiles on their own concrete pillars on both sides. The pillars are decorated with reliefs of the imperial eagle, designed by François -Frédéric Lemot. 1853 statues were placed at the four corners of the bridge, a Gallic, Roman, Arabic and Greek warriors each with a horse.

The bridge stands as a monument historique a historical monument.

History

The construction of the bridge and her name was placed by Napoleon to commemorate the battle of Jena and Auerstedt of 14 October 1806. The bridge was built in the years 1808-1814.

The Prussian Field Marshal von Blücher, one of the participants of the eponymous battle, wanted to blow up the bridge after the capture of Paris in 1814, but was succeeded by King Louis XVIII. persuaded to settle for the name change to Pont des Invalides and the removal of the eagle on the bridge. The incident was also the occasion for the king, reset all the naming Parisian locations to the state from January 1, 1790. 1830, the renaming was reversed, 1852, the eagles were replaced.

At the World Exhibition of 1889, when the Eiffel Tower was opened, it was included in the exhibition area and covered with awnings. At the World Exhibition in 1900 it was widened by iron pedestrian bridges that were removed some years later. At the Universal Exhibition of 1937, they widened on both sides to a total of 35 m through the cultivation of concrete arches with the same profile.