Paris - Pont Notre-Dame

While the Pont Neuf is the oldest bridge in Paris, the Pont Notre Dame is known as the "most ancient". A bridge crossed the Seine here already in pre-Roman times, destroyed and reconstructed over the centuries numerous times.

Like many bridges in medieval times, the Grand-Pont (now named "Pont Notre-Dame") once was lined with approximately sixty houses, the weight of which caused a collapse in 1499

The bridge I am standing on now, facing east to the Pont d'Arcole, was constructed from 1910 to 1914.