Pont au Change

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Pont au Change is a historic bridge over the Seine in central Paris, linking the Île de la Cité to the Right Bank near the city’s judicial quarter.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf arch bridge
bridge
historic monument
road bridge
adjacentTo Pont Notre-Dame
Pont Saint-Michel
builtDuring Second French Empire
builtUnder Napoleon III
carries motor vehicles
pedestrians
connects Right Bank of the Seine
Île de la Cité
constructionStartDate 1858
country France
crosses Seine
linked to: River Seine

between Quai de la Corse and Quai de Gesvres
designedBy Paul Vaudrey
Paul-Martin Gallocher de Lagalisserie
featuredIn Les Misérables
works by Victor Hugo
hasArchitecturalStyle Second Empire
hasInscription large letter N for Napoleon III on its arches
hasLength approximately 103 metres
hasNumberOfArches 3
hasParapets stone parapets with balustrades
hasStructureType masonry arches
hasTraffic one-way road traffic from Right Bank to Île de la Cité
hasWidth approximately 30 metres
heritageStatus registered as a monument historique of France
historicalFunction location of money changers’ shops in the Middle Ages
inaugurationDate 1860
lighting ornamental street lamps
locatedIn 1st arrondissement of Paris
4th arrondissement of Paris
France
Paris
maintainedBy City of Paris
linked to: Paris
material stone
namedAfter money changers
near Conciergerie
Palais de Justice of Paris
Place du Châtelet
partOf Parisian bridge network
precededBy earlier Pont au Change destroyed in 1858
replaced earlier medieval bridge
riverMile central Paris reach of the Seine
usedFor tourist viewing point over the Seine
urban road traffic
wasSceneOf events in the French Revolution

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4th arrondissement of Paris contains Pont au Change
Île de la Cité hasPart Pont au Change
1st arrondissement of Paris contains Pont au Change
Pont Notre-Dame near Pont au Change
Quai de l’Hôtel-de-Ville connectsTo Pont au Change
Quai de l’Horloge connectsWith Pont au Change
Quai du Marché-Neuf locatedNear Pont au Change
Paul-Martin Gallocher de Lagalisserie notableWork Pont au Change (19th‑century reconstruction)
linked to: Pont au Change
Châtelet (Paris Métro) locatedNear Pont au Change
Place du Châtelet locatedNear Pont au Change
Place du Châtelet hasViewOf Pont au Change