it reigns over the Seine with the quiet confidence of a monument that has nothing left to prove. And yet, since its inauguration by Henri IV in 1607, this bridge has never ceased to surprise.

Pont Neuf, as it's known in French, was the first stone bridge ever built over the Seine in 1607. "It was the first stone bridge in Paris — that is why it is called the new bridge," said ...

This 1924 cover shows a reinforced concrete bridge over the Seine River under construction in Saint-Pierre-du-Vauvray, France. It was designed by Eugene Freysinnet, the inventor of pre-stressed ...

Standing sentry over the Seine’s currents ... January 1910") affixed onto stone houses, bridges, and fountains. For millennia, life was lived on the river. The Seine’s banks were a gathering ...

The sun sets against the Hotel des Invalides as a spectator walks on the Alexander III bridge over the Seine River, Friday, July 19, 2024, in Paris, ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics. Credit ...

Journalists and spectators from around the world crowded banks and bridges ... events in the Seine, cleaning efforts catapulted to the top of the government’s priority list. Over the course ...

PARIS — A special kind of iron curtain came down across central Paris on Thursday, with the beginning of an Olympic anti-terrorism perimeter along the banks of the River Seine sealing off a ...

has also been checking the water quality of the river several times a week at Pont Alexandre III Bridge. The Seine serves as Fluidion’s primary research site, according to the company ...