Tournell Bridge

Paris - one of the most beautiful and romantic European cities can be safely called the city of bridges. There are 37 of them in the city. Tournell Bridge connects the left bank of the River Seine and the island of Saint-Louis. From the bridge you can admire the beautiful view of the eastern arrow of the island of Cité and the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris. The history of the bridge dates back to 1369, when it was wooden. In the same year, the bridge was flooded by a flooded river and almost destroyed it.

Only in 1651, after several attempts at reconstruction, a stone bridge was erected, which, as it turned out, also could not resist the raging elements. The wrong construction technology, or maybe just not high-quality material, did not allow the bridge to resist the flood of 1910, which brought global destruction.

In 1918, it was decided to completely demolish the bridge. Between 1923 and 1928, a brand new bridge was built that we can see today, the Tournel Bridge. The width of the bridge is 23 meters, and the entire length is 122 meters. The patroness of the bridge is Saint Genevieve, whose statue is on the bridge.