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Pont Alexandre III

The Pont Alexandre III is a single-span Beaux‑Arts steel arch bridge over the Seine in central Paris, linking the avenue Winston‑Churchill / Grand Palais side with the Invalides esplanade. Built and decorated for the 1900 Exposition Universelle, it is richly ornamented with gilt groups, allegorical sculptures, lamp standards and decorative garlands. It is listed as a French monument historique.

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First raised

1900

Its prime

1900

Today

Restored

As it stood in 1900

What Pont Alexandre III looked like in its prime.

Low, wide single steel arch spanning the Seine with a 45 m flat deck and a 107 m principal span; the tablier is painted a pale grey-pearl and edged with rows of bronze Beaux‑Arts lamp standards and garlanded masks. At each end stand massive light-coloured masonry pylons (≈17 m) surmounted by gilt‑bronze allegorical groups of winged horses and Fames. Hammered copper nymph reliefs occupy the centres of the arches; stone quays and moored barges line the riverbanks.

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8 places to explore in 1900.

The record describes 8 distinct spots at Pont Alexandre III, including 1 interior: culée tunnel passage through the masonry abutment. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and explore every one, more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.

Approach along the Champs-Élysées / Grand Palais axisCenter of the deck over the SeineRight‑bank upstream pylon, summit groupLeft‑bank downstream pylon, summit groupUnder the central arch, looking up at the nymph reliefsBronze lamp standard with Amour figureCulée tunnel passage through the masonry abutmentRiverside quay with moored barges

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