Pont Alexandre III

Constructed between 1896 and 1900 to commemorate the Franco-Russian Alliance, named after Tsar Alexander III of Russia whose son Nicholas II laid the foundation stone. Opened for the 1900 Expo.

A monumental bridge of friendship and radiant light connecting the Right Bank Grand Palais to the Left Bank Esplanade des Invalides.

The river nymphs cast in hammered copper at the center of the arch were believed to protect Paris from catastrophic Seine river floods.