Notre Dame Bridge

• Bridge Length: 105 m
• Width: 20 m, including two sidewalks 4 m wide
• Type of construction: arch bridge
• Architects: Aron, Jean Drogue, Jean Résal, Retraint, Binet
• Construction was carried out from 1910 to 1914
• Metro : Line 7, Pont Marie Station

The Notre Dame bridge stands on the spot where, already in ancient times , the bridge across the Seine was located. Even before the Romans conquered Gaul, the bridge was part of the Cardo (the main street with a north-south direction) of Lutetia . When in 52 BC e. Titus Labien with his troops approached the city, the Parisians set fire to all the bridges leading to the island of Cité , so that the enemy could not capture the settlement. The Romans re-built a bridge of stone, erected a fortification at the northern end and led a road (cardo) through it from Soissons to Orleans .

After the siege of the city by the Normans in 885–886, when the new Big Bridge was built (now the Menyal Bridge ), the bridge was destroyed and a small bridge with a mill (Planche Mibray) was thrown instead, which at first did not even reach the island and served mainly pontoon for fishermen.

In 1406, Planchet Mibray was affected by the flood , and in 1413, King Charles VI ordered the construction of a solid wooden bridge built up with houses in its place, which was to be called the Notre Dame Bridge. It collapsed on October 28, 1499 .

The new design was made of stone and consisted of the honor of large arched spans. The bridge was completed in 1507 and was also built up with houses and benches, which is why it quickly became one of the commercial centers of the city. The buildings on the bridge were first equipped with numbers: on the one hand, even , on the other, odd .

In 1660, the bridge was renovated in honor of Louis XIV and his wife Maria Theresa , daughter of the Spanish King Philip IV , who married on June 9 in Saint-Jean de Lutz and solemnly entered Paris on August 26. Their wedding was one of the conditions of the Iberian world .

In 1786, by order of the king, all buildings were demolished from the bridge. In 1853, a new bridge was built on the old foundation , this time with five arches. Due to the large number of collisions of barges with the bridge, the Notre Dame bridge was popularly called the Pont du Diable . To facilitate the passage of the barges under the bridge, three central arches were removed and replaced with a metal structure. The new bridge was built by , who had previously worked on the construction of the Mirabeau Bridge and Alexander III Bridge . The Notre Dame Bridge was opened in 1919 by President Raymond Poincare .