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Wikipedia: The Pont Notre-Dame is a bridge that crosses the Seine in Paris, France linking the quai de Gesvres on the Rive Droite with the quai de la Corse on the Île de la Cité. The bridge is noted for being the "most ancient" in Paris, in the sense that, while the oldest bridge in Paris that is in its original state is undoubtedly the Pont Neuf, a bridge in some form has existed at the site of the Pont Notre-Dame since antiquity; nonetheless, it has been destroyed and reconstructed numerous times, a fact referred to in the Latin inscription on it to honor its Italian architect, Fra Giovanni Giocondo. The bridge once was lined with approximately sixty houses, the weight of which caused a collapse in 1499.
![[From the pont d'Arcole, a view of the bridge with 5 arches.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/PontdArcole1848_s.jpg "From the pont d'Arcole, a view of the bridge with 5 arches.")
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![[The Pont Notre-Dame in Paris.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/France_Paris_Pont_Notre_Dame_01_s.jpg "The Pont Notre-Dame in Paris.")
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![[La joute de mariniers entre le pont Notre]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Raguenet_2C_La_joute_des_mariniers_s.jpg "La joute de mariniers entre le pont Notre")
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![[The Pont Notre-Dame at the beginning of the 20th century.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Paris_HotelDeVille_PontNotreDame_s.jpg "The Pont Notre-Dame at the beginning of the 20th century.")
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![[Destruction of the houses on Pont Notre]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Destruction_of_the_houses_on_Pont_Notre_Dame_in_1786_by_Hubert_Robert_1733_1808_s.jpg "Destruction of the houses on Pont Notre")
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