Paris Day 6: Alexander III Bridge

After exiting Hotel des Invalides, we strolled along Avenue de Breteuil.

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It’s a wide boulevard with lots of greens. We then arrived at the Alexander III Bridge.

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A column on the left bank of the Alexander III Bridge. At the base of the column is La France de Louis XIV by Laurent Marqueste.

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The Alexander III Bridge spans the Seine in Paris. It is the most ornate bridge in Paris.

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An Art Nouveau lamp posts on the Alexander III Bridge.

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View of Le Grand Palais (the building with a flag) from the Alexander III Bridge.

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Another statue on the bridge, a cherub with a trident on top of a very large fish.

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Lion statue.

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The statue of France of the Renaissance by Jules Coutan on one of the columns on the bridge.

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Alexander III Bridge is truly a French historic monument.  It had appeared in the film Midnight in Paris in multiple scenes.

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