Pont des Arts
The Pont des Arts or Passerelle des Arts is a pedestrian bridge in Paris which crosses the River Seine. It links the Institut de France and the central square of the Palais du Louvre, which had been termed the "Palais des Arts" under the First French Empire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bridge
- Description: bridge across the Seine in Paris
- Also known as: “pont des Arts”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Orsay Museum and Louvre Pyramid.
Orsay Museum
Museum
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The Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on the Left Bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built from 1898 to 1900. Orsay Museum is situated 1 km west of Pont des Arts.
Louvre Pyramid
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The Louvre Pyramid is a large glass-and-metal entrance way and skylight designed by the Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei. The pyramid is in the main courtyard of the Louvre Palace in Paris, surrounded by three smaller pyramids. Louvre Pyramid is situated 310 metres northwest of Pont des Arts.
Pont Neuf
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The Pont Neuf is the oldest standing bridge across the river Seine in Paris, France. It stands by the western point of the Île de la Cité, the island in the middle of the river that between 250 and 225 BC was the birthplace of Paris. Pont Neuf is situated 330 metres east of Pont des Arts.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-Germain-des-Prés and Quartier des Halles.
Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Quarter
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Saint-Germain-des-Prés is one of the four administrative quarters of the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France, located around the church of the former Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
Quartier des Halles
Quarter
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Les Halles was Paris's central fresh food market. It last operated on 12 January 1973 and was replaced by an underground shopping centre and a park. The unpopular modernist development was demolished yet again in 2010, and replaced by the Westfield Forum des Halles, a modern shopping mall built largely underground and topped by an undulating 2.5 hectare canopy.
1st arrondissement
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The centre of contemporary Paris and the site of such landmarks as the Louvre and of the Tuileries and Palais-Royal, the 1st arrondissement is full of attractions for travellers of all inclinations, including some of the finest parks, museums, shops, and bars in the city.
Pont des Arts
- Categories: footbridge and transportation
- Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude
48.85844° or 48° 51′ 30″ northLongitude
2.33754° or 2° 20′ 15″ eastElevation
29 metres (95 feet)Open location code
8FW4V85Q+92OpenStreetMap ID
way 176396893OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridge
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Pont des Arts” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جسر الفنون”
- Armenian: “Արվեստների կամուրջ”
- Basque: “Arteen zubia (Paris)”
- Basque: “Arteen zubia”
- Bulgarian: “Пон дез Ар”
- Catalan: “pont des Arts”
- Catalan: “Pont des Arts”
- Chinese: “艺术桥”
- Chinese: “藝術橋”
- Czech: “Pont des Arts”
- Danish: “Pont des Arts”
- Dutch: “Passerelle des Arts”
- Dutch: “Pont des Arts”
- Finnish: “Pont des Arts”
- French: “passerelle des Arts”
- French: “Passerelle des Arts”
- French: “pont des Arts, Paris”
- French: “pont des Arts”
- French: “Pont des Arts”
- Galician: “Pont des Arts”
- German: “Passerelle des Arts”
- German: “Pont des Arts”
- Greek: “Πον ντεζ Αρ”
- Hebrew: “גשר האמנויות”
- Hebrew: “פון דז אר”
- Hungarian: “Pont des Arts”
- Indonesian: “Pont des Arts”
- Italian: “Pont des Arts”
- Japanese: “ポンデザール”
- Korean: “퐁데자르”
- Malay: “Pont des Arts”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “pont des Arts”
- Persian: “پون ده آر”
- Polish: “Pont des Arts”
- Portuguese: “Pont des Arts”
- Romanian: “Pont des Arts”
- Russian: “Мост Искусств”
- Slovak: “Pont des Arts”
- Spanish: “Pont des Arts”
- Spanish: “puente de las Artes”
- Spanish: “Puente de las Artes”
- Thai: “ปงเดซาร์”
- Turkish: “Arts Köprüsü”
- Turkish: “Pont des Arts”
- Ukrainian: “Міст Мистецтв”
- Urdu: “پون دے آر”
- Vietnamese: “Cầu Pont des Arts”
- Vietnamese: “Pont des Arts”
- “pont des Arts”
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