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    The Pont Royal is a bridge crossing the river Seine in Paris. It is the third oldest bridge in Paris, after the Pont Neuf and the Pont Marie. The Pont Royal...
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    du Pont was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in his adopted hometown of Philadelphia. Du Pont was born 24 June 1771, in Paris, the...
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  • Pont d'Iéna ("Jena Bridge") is a bridge spanning the River Seine in Paris. It links the Eiffel Tower on the Left Bank to the district of Trocadéro on...
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    Pont Neuf (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ nœf]) is a station on Line 7 of the Paris Métro. Located in the heart of old Paris, it is connected to the Île de...
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    The Pont de la Concorde is an arch bridge across the Seine in Paris connecting the Quai des Tuileries at the Place de la Concorde (on the Rive Droite)...
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    The Pont Neuf (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ nœf], "New Bridge") is the oldest standing bridge across the river Seine in Paris, France. It stands by the...
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    Pont Marie (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ maʁi]) is a station of the Paris Métro opened in 1926 with the extension of Line 7 from Palais Royal–Musée du Louvre...
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    island The Pont d'Arcole, from the Hotel de Ville to the Hotel Dieu and Notre Dame de Paris The Pont Saint-Louis, from Notre-dame de Paris to the Ile...
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    of the city's most famous parks and monuments, including the Pont Neuf, the Palais Royal, the newly joined Louvre and Tuileries Palace, the Place des...
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    the royal residence of Charles V. The Royal Palace is used for justice and administration. 1378 – Hugues Aubriot, Provost of Paris, has the Petit-Pont-Neuf...
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    The Pont des Arts or Passerelle des Arts is a pedestrian bridge in Paris which crosses the River Seine. It links the Institut de France and the central...
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  • 13 July 2006 Pont de Bercy (made up of a railway bridge carrying the Line 6 of the Paris Métro and another stage for road traffic) ; Pont Charles-de-Gaulle...
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  • Ponts ParisTech (originally called École nationale des ponts et chaussées; lit. 'National School of Bridges and Roads'; or ENPC, also nicknamed Ponts)...
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    Maillot Pereire - Levallois Pont de l'Alma Pont du Garigliano Port-Royal Porte de Clichy Saint-Michel – Notre-Dame Pont Cardinet The Chemin de fer de...
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    The Pont Alexandre III is a deck arch bridge that spans the Seine in Paris. It connects the Champs-Élysées quarter with those of the Invalides and Eiffel...
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    structure of the Pont Alexandre III also built the Pont Mirabeau, which connected Auteuil and Javel. In the late 19th and early 20th century, Paris became the...
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    placed for the pont Royal to replace the old pont Rouge. It was completed in June 1689. 1686 Café Procope, opens and remains the oldest Paris café in operation...
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    Magots Medici Fountain Notre-Dame-des-Champs, Paris Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe Polidor Pont des Arts Pont Neuf Pont Saint-Michel Saint-Denys-du-Saint-Sacrement...
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    Universal Exposition gave Paris the Pont Alexandre III, the Grand Palais, the Petit Palais and the first Paris Métro line. Paris became the laboratory of...
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  • DuPont de Nemours, Inc., commonly shortened to DuPont, is an American multinational chemical company first formed in 1802 by French-American chemist and...
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    and three new bridges; the Pont d'Iéna, Pont d'Austerlitz, including the Pont des Arts (1804), the first iron bridge in Paris. The Louvre became the Napoleon...
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    extended in the south from Opéra to Palais Royal. 16 April 1926: The line was extended from Palais Royal to Pont Marie. 15 February 1930: While a tunnel...
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    Palais Royal–Musée du Louvre (French pronunciation: [palɛ ʁwajal myze dy luvʁ]) is a station on Line 1 and Line 7 of the Paris Métro. Situated in the...
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    Haussmann's renovation of Paris was a vast public works programme commissioned by French Emperor Napoleon III and directed by his prefect of the Seine...
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  • bridges, including Pont au Change, Pont au Double, Pont de Sully, Pont Louis-Philippe, Pont Marie, Pont Notre-Dame, Pont Saint-Louis, and Pont Saint-Michel...
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    Hôtel Ritz Paris La Sainte-Chapelle La Samaritaine Tuileries Garden Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume Musée de l'Orangerie Pont Neuf Pont des Arts Avenue...
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    and public buildings; the Collège des Quatre-Nations (1662–1672); the Pont Royal in 1685, and in the same year began construction of two new monumental...
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    Pagoda Paris Palais de la Découverte Parc Monceau Petit Palais Pinacothèque de Paris Place de la Concorde Pont Alexandre III Pont de l'Alma Pont de la...
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    The Pont du Gard is an ancient Roman aqueduct bridge built in the first century AD to carry water over 50 km (31 mi) to the Roman colony of Nemausus (Nîmes)...
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    Île Saint-Louis (category 4th arrondissement of Paris)
    Saint-Louis is connected to the rest of Paris by four bridges to both banks of the river and to the Île de la Cité by the Pont Saint-Louis. The island is located...
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