Bord de Garonne et pont de Pierre de Bordeaux - France
par Pascal Moulin
partager
 Loading ...
Photo panoramique par
Pascal Moulin
|
||
Bord de Garonne et pont de Pierre de Bordeaux - France |
|
|
Pont de Pierre - De 1810 à 1822 - Ingénieur des Ponts et Chaussées : Claude Deschamps - Pierre et brique (L. = 487 m)
En 1774, l'inspecteur général des Ponts et Chaussées de Bitry écrit que la construction d'un pont devant Bordeaux est impossible en raison de la violence du fleuve et de la force des marées. La construction du pont est pourtant décidée par Napoléon Ier en 1808. L'ingénieur Didier propose un ouvrage en fonte avec des piles en maçonnerie. En 1810, Claude Deschamps opte pour un ouvrage de 17 arches, entièrement réalisé en maçonnerie et implanté au droit du cours Victor-Hugo. Tous les éléments porteurs sont en pierre, cause de remplissage en brique.
(Le patrimoine des communes de la Gironde, FLOHIC éditions, 2001)
Fontaine de la Grave - 1788 - Architecte : Richard François BonfinAu XVIIIe siècle, Bordeaux conn...
Fontaine de la Grave - 1788 - Architecte : Richard François BonfinAu XVIIIe siècle, Bordeaux con...
Fontaine de la Grave - 1788 - Architecte : Richard François BonfinAu XVIIIe siècle, Bordeaux conn...
France is affectionately referred to as "the Hexagon" for its overall shape.
French history goes back to the Gauls, a Celtic tribe which inhabited the area circa 300BC until being conquered by Julius Caesar.
The Franks were the first tribe to adopt Catholic Christianity after the Roman Empire collapsed. France became an independent location in the Treaty of Verdun in (843 AD), which divided up Charlemagne's Carolingian Empire into several portions.
The French monarchy reached its zenith during the reign of Louis XIV, the Sun King, who stood for seventy-two years as the Monarch of all Monarchs. His palace of Versailles and its Hall of Mirrors are a splendid treasure-trove of Baroque art.
The French Revolution ended the rule of the monarchy with the motto "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity!" On July 14th, 1789 angry mobs stormed La Bastille prison and began the Revolution in which Louis XVI, his wife Marie-Antoinette and thousands of others met the guillotine.
One decade after the revolution, Napolean Bonaparte seized control of the Republic and named himself Emperor. His armies conquered most of Europe and his Napoleonic Code became a lasting legal foundation for concepts of personal status and property.
During the period of colonization France controlled the largest empire in the world, second only to Britain.
France is one of the founding members of the European Union and the United Nations, as well as one of the nuclear armed nations of the world.
Text by Steve Smith.
