Pont Alexandre III : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Pont Alexandre III / ell brown
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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| 説明 | More views of the magnificent Pont Alexandre IIIAlso boats below the bridge.Grand Palais beside the bridgeGrand Palais, "Great Palace" in English, is a glass and Art-Nouveau ironwork building located in the 8th arondissement of París.Construction was begun in 1897, for the Paris Exhibition of 1891. "Monument consecrated by the Republic for the glory of the French Arts" as written on its walls, its original purpose was to collect the greatest artistic works from the French capital.On June 12, 1975, the central nave of the building was registered as a historic monument. On the 6th of November, 2000, the entire Great Palace achieved this protection.Over time, it has had various uses. It was closed from 1993 to 2005 after one of the glass ceiling panels fell. Now it is restored and its over 400,000 sq. ft. of space regularly host picture exhibition "salons".Pont Alexandre III is an arch bridge that spans the Seine, connecting the Champs-Élysées quarter and the Invalides and Eiffel Tower quarter, widely regarded as the most ornate, extravagant bridge in Paris. The bridge, with its exuberant Art Nouveau lamps, cherubs, nymphs and winged horses at either end, was built between 1896 and 1900. It is named after Tsar Alexander III, who had concluded the Franco-Russian Alliance in 1892. His son Nicholas II laid the foundation stone in October 1896. The style of the bridge reflects that of the Grand Palais, to which it leads on the right bank. The construction of the bridge is a marvel of 19th century engineering, consisting of a six-metre high single span steel arch. The design, by the architects Joseph Cassien-Bernard and Gaston Cousin, was subject to strict controls that prevented the bridge from obscuring the view of the Champs-Élysées or the Invalides.The bridge was built by the engineers Jean Résal and Amédée d'Alby and inaugurated in 1900 for the Universal Exhibition (as were the nearby Grand Palais and Petit Palais). The Pont Alexandre III is classified as a historical monument. Numerous sculptors provided the sculpture that features prominently in the bridge. Four gilt-bronze statues of Fames watch over the bridge, supported on massive 17-meter socles, that provide stabilizing counterweight for the arch, without interfering with monumental views. The socles are crowned by Fames restraining Pegasus : on the Right Bank, Renommée des Sciences ("Fame of the Sciences") and the Renommée des Arts ("Fame of the Arts") both by Emmanuel Frémiet; at their bases, La France Contemporaine ("Contemporary France") by Gustave Michel and France de Charlemagne ("France of Charlemagne") by Alfred Lenoir. The lions groups are by Georges Gardet.On the Left Bank, the Renommée du Commerce ("Fame of Commerce") by Pierre Granet and the Renommée de l'Industrie ("Fame of Industry") by Clément Steiner; at their bases France de la Renaissance ("France of the Renaissance") by Jules Coutan and La France de Louis XIV ("France of Louis XIV") by Laurent Honoré Marqueste. The lions groups are by Jules Dalou. At the centres of the arches, Nymphs of the Seine with the arms of France correspond with Nymphs of the Neva with the arms of Imperial Russia on the other face; both are executed in hammered copper over forms by Georges Récipon. |
| 撮影日 | 2009-07-11 11:50:41 |
| 撮影者 | ell brown , Birmingham, United Kingdom |
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| 撮影地 | Paris, Île-de-France, France 地図 |
| カメラ | FinePix S1500 , FUJIFILM |
| 露出 | 0.003 sec (1/300) |
| 開放F値 | f/7.1 |