Pont Neuf, Toulouse

Lemercier, Jacques
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Pont-Neuf de Toulouse
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/134331
Date
1544-1632
Description
Detail of opening in pier; Spans the Garonne River. The bridge is not symmetrical; the longest arch (98 ft.) is the third from the right-hand bank. There are seven arches. The openings through the piers were originally supposed to represent the face and mane of a lion. Construction started on the foundations in 1544; the first arch was started in 1614. The bridge was finished in 1632, and was inaugurated on 19 October 1659. A triumphal archway added in 1686 constricted traffic and was removed in 1860. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 5/16/2011)
Type of Work
bridge (built work)
Subject
architecture, business, commerce and trade, engineering and industrial design, manufacturing, bridges (built works), Sixteenth century, Seventeenth century
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