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Pont au Change bridge, Seine and Tribunal De Commerce,
Paris
.The bridge connects the Île de la Cité from the
Palais de Justice and the Conciergerie, to the Right Bank, at the level of
the Théâtre du Châtelet. It owes its name to the goldsmiths and
money changers who had installed their shops on an earlier version of the
bridge in the 12th century. The current bridge was constructed from 1858
to 1860, during the reign of Napoleon III, and bears his imperial
insignia. |