The Pont d’Iéna in Paris, part II !!!

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I am inspire again on writing about the different spots around my eternal Paris. The whole world comes to Paris , yes it is nice, I just wish they see my belle France. As said, Hemingway wrote the Mouvable Feast printed posthume, if he had traveled more he would have written a second volume, France is a mouvable feast!  Having said that, let me update this older post with new text and new pictures from my cd rom vault for you and me, This is a sublime, beautiful, architecturally stunning and full of wonderful history bridge. Therefore, here is my take on the Pont d’Iéna in Paris, part II !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

The Pont d’Iéna is on the 7éme arrondissement of Paris and connects the Eiffel Tower to the Trocadéro. On the left bank, it separates the port of La Bourdonnais from the port of Suffren. This site is served by the metro Trocadéro lines 6 and 9. This bridge bears this name in memory of the victory of Jena ,October 14, 1806. Napoleon Bonaparte built a bridge facing the école militaire and he gave it by a decree dated Warsaw in 1807 the name of the battle of Jena won on October 14, 1806. Its initial construction lasted from 1808 to 1814. During the occupation of the capital by the Prussian troops 1870-71, General Blücher, the defeated in the Battle of Jena, wanted to blow it up, but Talleyrand had the structure renamed pont de l’École-Militaire and renamed the eagles which decorated it were also made to disappear. It will find its original name and its attire under Louis-Philippe.

In 1853, four sculptures were placed at the ends of the Pont d’Iéna: left bank: a Gallic Horseman; a Roman Horseman; right bank: an Arab Horseman and a Greek Horseman.  In 1935, the bridge was then widened by approximately 14 to 35 meters in anticipation of the Universal Exhibition of 1937 by the addition of two concrete elements on either side of the initial structure; each of the old piers is reinforced by adding an upstream stack and a downstream stack. With a length of 155 meters, the structure presents 5 arches of 28 meters in an arc, four intermediate piles and eardrums are decorated with imperial eagles.

Actually, this is one bridge Pont d’Iéna ;I come often as my last few years as my HQ office was not far and I do walk around the tour Eiffel every month back then.  Other than walking to it you can take bus lines 30 and 82 (see post) arrêt/stop Tour Eiffel or on the other side Varsovie Closest Metro école Militaire line 6 and Dupleix line 7, Car parking Zenpark 11 Rue de Magdebourg, or Saemes Parking Quai branly-Tour Eiffel 25 Quai Jacques Chirac.

The future planned for the Pont d’Iéna to be pedestrian pending approval see the City of Paris for more information : https://www.paris.fr/pages/plus-vert-plus-pieton-et-apaise-le-secteur-trocadero-iena-va-se-reinventer-26586

The Paris tourist office on walks around Iéna and Alma :  https://parisjetaime.com/eng/article/alma-and-iena-a912

There you go folks, another dandy in my eternal Paris, once bitten, the virus of love stays with you. Again, hope you enjoy the post on the Pont d’Iéna in Paris, part II !!! as I.

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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