Famous bridge on the Seine

Seine was added to the bridge, said a total of 36, each bridge has a characteristic shape, and one of the most spectacular is the most magnificent of the Alexander III bridge. The bridge’s steel arch with its unique, the Champs Elysees and the Invalides Plaza link. This bridge was built to celebrate the French alliance with Russia, was 1900, Russia and France a hundred years ago, or feud, Napoleon had commanded the troops to attack Russia, the Moscow fire massacre. 100 years later, the two smile can melt away allies and enemies, and meaningful to the bridge leading to Napoleon’s tomb. Bridge, the bridge column ends four gold-plated statue, by the wings of Cupid holding a small, beautiful shape and color of its particularly prominent in Paris.

Bridge is the most famous bridge, it was called bridge, the actual oldest. Founded by Henry III in 1578, projects because of the civil war interrupted, to be completed in 1606 is the era of Henry IV. The bridge 238 meters long, 20 meters wide, is the longest bridge on the Seine in Paris. Bridge has 12 arches, each arch on the plastic of the unknown warrior’s head, and some angry staring eyes, and some turn a blind eye meditation. Bridge across the Xidai Island, the island under the bridge like a knife-like toward the Seine, the river a split in two. After the completion of a full bridge two centuries, has been the commercial center of Paris, bustling bridge, there are booksellers, compiled and performed by the artist, mobile vendors, and even tooth extraction were. Until today, the bridge is still inspire the artist’s creative passion. From the bridge walk, see the sidewalk on both sides of the bridge also has a semi-circular stone bench, chair surface is uneven, record of years of vicissitudes. This is Paris’ oldest bridge called the bridge, nearly 400 years old.

Not far from the bridge is built for pedestrians as the main art metal bridge. Bridge planted with flowers and trees, bridge railings erected on the artist’s works of Francis Junior plus, there are gardens on the Seine known. Standing artistic bridge, northbound saw the Louvre, the French Academy Bridge, east is to the Supreme Court has held over the Queen of Louis XVI, king of the bridge is west, vision, forming one. Photographer or painter often walk on the bridge on the bridge looking for inspiration, there are some artists on display on the bridge, is described as “the bridge its name.”

In May 2010, Paris, France, the city government decided, in order to protect the art of bridge across the Seine, will clean out the tourists around the world hanging in the padlock of the bridge. Paris, France, known as the romantic, many couples come here who regard the padlock engraved with both names on the hanging bridge in the art to express feelings of love everlasting. Therefore, the demolition of the Paris city government has also drawn some of the couples decided to lock their dissatisfaction.

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River view

Seine River, are planted with lush plane trees, look at the past from the ship, thick lush Yu. Woods behind that stately buildings. The north bank of the size of the palace, the south bank of the university district, west side of the Eiffel Tower, as well as in the east section of the city on the island of Notre Dame, etc., to the rich distinctive architectural form, showing their shared gorgeous style. In the cruise of a legacy, like the topography of the peninsula, but also stands the Statue of Liberty holding a torch, tall shape and the United States in New York exactly the same, although the massive New York is the American people to give French people a gift, but Paris, New York, this is more obvious than in the bare little lot. River somewhere gates, sluice gates are huge, so far still performed manually opening and closing. However, such old equipment at a distance not far from the river, on a luxury yacht moored with the ship turned into a restaurant. Restaurant equipment is very modern, trendy music playing, wearing red and white uniforms of the waiters are busy cabin. Polished windows so the window out of the window people see each other clearly, the cabin of the diners can dine while watching the river and across the scene, people on the boat while watching the river can dine while watching the people.

Xidai island on the Seine, is the birthplace of the French nation. 300 BC, the island inhabited by a nation. Paris was named. AD 508, the Franks Keluo Wei capital in Paris, established Merovingian dynasty. Since then, Xi Dai Island became feudal monarchy and religious center. Island’s most famous religious buildings is the “Notre Dame de Paris”, built in 1245. It is considered the first Gothic building. The church can accommodate 9,000 people, has been the center of religious activities. Paris City Hall is located in the right bank of the Seine, the Seine at the top of it with Bastille Square and Union Square, near the bottom of the river and called the French Revolution and the symbol of freedom. July 14, 1789, the people of Paris destroyed the Bastille, from the bourgeois revolution broke out.

From Long Seine, post River view

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The development of the Seine

Seine (especially in Paris the following) is a freight thoroughfare. It with the sea and the Grand Harbour Paris Le Havre connected. Rouen (Rouen), although about 121 km from the sea, but in the 16th century the main port of France, Le Havre in the 19th century was over. 3.2 m draft vessels can dock flight arrived in Paris. Most freight – mainly heavy petroleum products and building materials – can be traced back arrived at the hot Neville (Gennevilliers) the main port facilities in Paris. Marne River Seine downstream system accessible via the Rhine, after the Oise River to connect the Belgian shipping waterway. Residents along the Seine river water is an important resource. Large-scale power plants, thermal power stations or nuclear power plants both have cooling water extracted from Hanoi. Paris, the water surrounding area (including both industrial and residential water), half from the Seine, Rouen and Le Havre in the region between the water, 3 / 4 is also taken from the Seine.

Boat on the Seine there are different grades, and luxury on board with the band play music, visitors can be about 20 cm above the floor area of ​​10 square meters will “dance floor” in the dance, you can enjoy the famous French snails, foie gras French dishes what; common type of no food, two storeys, the upper hood, the lower closed, very good vision. Cruise along the Seine River from the pier of a shore road, hit back to Xidai Island, along the coast road back to the other terminal. People in the wonderful music and English, French explanation, overlooking the majestic scenery both sides.

Although the average water potential of the Seine more gentle, and has been since the beginning of the 19th century, deemed it necessary to be improved. In order to increase its shipping capacity, have been satisfied in some dams and reservoirs, river basin, the water level to improve the Seine. Sai Tong Lake (Lake Settons, 1858, originally designed for the driftwood), Crescent Reservoir (Crescent, 1932) and Shao Meikang reservoir (Chaumecon, 1934) are to reduce flooding and protect water supply in summer often play a role. Since 1950, the basin upstream from the river in Jonah, Marne, Aube and Seine river itself has built four large reservoirs. These relatively shallow reservoir, surrounded by woodland and surrounding countryside, has become a bird sanctuary and tourist attraction.

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Seine flows through series of younger sedimentary rocks

Originated in Burgundy Mikhail Seine (Cote d’Or) region Langres plateau (Langres) Tase Luo Shan (Mont Tasselot) at altitude 471 m, length 776 km; when it twists and turns through the sand Di John (Chatillon) there was still porous limestone Murano is a small stream. It flows northwest from Burgundy into Troyes (Troyes) at the top of the champagne; it dry chalk plateau in the Champagne when the two sides Ho solid groove. Flow Luomi Yi (Romilly) River near Aube (Aube) joined west flow Montero (Montereau) near the valley widened, in this connection Na Yuena it from the left bank of the river (Yonne). Seine and off to the northwest, when it was constructed across the valley like Ho ditch toward the Paris Ile de France, by Melun (Melun) and Kolbe (Corbeil). When it entered Paris, on the right bank with a large tributary of the Marne confluence; winds through the city and then take Nawaz on the right bank of the river (Oise). Through Paris, the Seine has been trimmed, cross the river between the pier has been narrowed. It is curved along the river flow to the market, if interest in the Mount Stella (Mantes-la-Jolie) is located beneath the English Channel toward Normandy through the estuary. It is wide open estuary rapidly through Thangka Virgin (Tancarville) extends 26 kilometers arrived (Le Havre); it often bore is like.

From the cradle to Paris, the Seine flows through a series of younger sedimentary rocks one by one, providing structural basin of concentric zones around the zone center is closely around Paris, the French island of limestone tableland. The basin rocks are slightly tilted to the center of Paris, and has a surface outside a narrow interval of clay and limestone valley (including chalk) Ma Tau Hill (cotes). The mound is the Seine River and its tributaries, horse breaking, have resulted in some obvious gaps. Following in Paris, the Seine river downstream, according to the structural weakness of the northern basin affect the trend line, roughly along the northwest into the sea. The English Channel in the basin to the north, to break its symmetry to break the integrity of the concentric zones. Seine area is still chalk into the sea.

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Culture on the long seine

The right bank of the Seine with more heavy sense of history, leaving many armored cavalry and a hero distraught. Numerous important figure in French history, the transformation of the Seine and Paris, the city has played a crucial role.

AD 987, the Capet dynasty was born, the first time the French capital Paris. From the 11th century, Paris began to urban and commercial development, to expand the right bank of the Seine. Louis VI in the right bank of the regions markets and roads. Philip II (Augustus) the construction of walls around Paris’s first, to broaden the city roads, construction of public fountains, and the construction of the Louvre. Early 16th century, François I in Paris built around the many castles. Half a century later, Catherine Lindh Medici Queen Mother in the center of the city built the Tuileries Palace and Gardens, and connect it with the Louvre. Bourbon period, continue to the surrounding development in Paris, until Louis XIV built Versailles, and court and administrative agencies to move there.

After the French Revolution, Napoleon’s Arc de Triomphe and the Louvre in Paris built north and south wings, repair banks of the Seine, river dredging and the construction of a large number of classical palace, building, apartment.

In 1859, Napoleon III appointed governor of a province Seine, Baron Haussmann Paris police chief responsible for large-scale urban transformation of Paris. Removal of the Ottoman walls outside Paris, the construction of ring road, opened up many of the Old Town along the straight, and the construction of neo-classical squares, parks, residential areas, hospitals, railway stations, libraries, schools, and public fountains and middle of the street sculpture, the use of underground Paris, criss-cross the city to build the old stone mine drainage system. Today, the Paris urban planning, basically followed the standards set by the Ottoman.

1889, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution, and to meet the Paris World’s Fair, the construction of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Paris Metro, Grand Palace and a small palace built in at this time. Eiffel Tower’s construction was controversial. Celebrities, ordinary people protested, worried that this huge building will suppress other city landmarks such as Notre Dame, the Louvre and the Arc de Triomphe, etc. But today, the Eiffel Tower stands in the river Seine, Paris has become the most notable landmark, a symbol of the industrial revolution.

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