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3 April 1841 – Law passed enabling the construction of the 33 kilometre Thiers wall fortification to encircle Paris. [114] 1842 First French cigarettes manufactured at Gros-Caillou, in the 7th arrondissement. 8 May – First major railroad accident in France, on the Paris-Versailles line at Meudon, kills fifty seven persons and injures three ...
The Pont au Change (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃t‿o ʃɑ̃ʒ]) is a bridge over the Seine River in Paris, France. The bridge is located at the border between the first and fourth arrondissements. It connects the Île de la Cité from the Palais de Justice and the Conciergerie, to the Right Bank, at the Place du Châtelet.
Location on the Seine in Paris. The Pont Alexandre III (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ alɛksɑ̃dʁ tʁwa]) is a deck arch bridge that spans the Seine in Paris. It connects the Champs-Élysées quarter with those of the Invalides and Eiffel Tower. The bridge is widely regarded as the most ornate, extravagant bridge in the city.
Plaque dedicated to the Théâtre Libre, its actor-director André Antoine, and its performers in Montmartre, Paris. Antoine founded the Théâtre Libre in Paris in 1887. This was a théâtre d'essai, a workshop theatre, where plays were produced whether they would perform at the box office or not. It was also a stage for new writing whose ...
Detailed and documented list of Paris' bridges. "Les ponts de Paris". paris1900.lartnouveau.com (in French). Historical photos from the present-day and the 1900s. "Structurae". structurae.info (in French). Archived from the original on 2009-01-07 Lists of Paris' works of art, including bridges. "The bridges over the Seine in Paris". peniche.com ...
The Pont des Arts (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ dez‿aʁ]) or Passerelle des Arts ([pasʁɛl-]) is a pedestrian bridge in Paris which crosses the River Seine.It links the Institut de France and the central square (cour carrée) of the Palais du Louvre, (which had been termed the "Palais des Arts" under the First French Empire).
Begun in 1831 in the prolongation of the rue des Saints-Pères [1] on the Left Bank, the original bridge was known under that name until its inauguration, in 1834, when king Louis-Philippe named it Pont du Carrousel, because it opened on the Right Bank river frontage of the Palais du Louvre near the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel in front of the Tuileries.
William Abadie (or Abadie William Jean Louis) (born 16 February 1977) is a French actor. [1] He is best known for his roles in television series such as Gossip Girl (2007–2009), Sex and The City (2003), Homeland (2013), The O.C. (2006), Ugly Betty (2006) and Emily in Paris (2020–present).