Pont des Arts

Pont des Arts is a beautiful pedestrian bridge in Paris that spans the Seine River and joins the 1st and 6th arrondissements.

Linking the Institut de France and the Louvre

Pont des Arts (Bridge of Arts) links the Institut de France with the Cour Carrée (central square) of the Palais du Louvre. Did you know the whole area has been associated with art and culture since the First French Empire when the Palais du Lourve was also known as the Palais des Arts?

Pont des Arts commissioned by Napoléon I

Inaugurated in 1804 under the reign of Napoléon I, the Pont des Arts was the first steel structure crossing the Seine. Built as a pedestrian bridge with nine arches it was an engineering feat in its time.