Tag: bridges
Paris’s Pont des Arts Sees Clear After Its Divorce From Love Locks
On a bright December morning I was headed across the footbridge the Pont des Arts to the Institut de France to learn about the 350th anniversary of the Academy of Sciences and about Louis Pasteur's archives, recently listed in the Memory of the World Register.
A Return to Beauty: The Beginning of the End of Love Locks in Paris?
The City of Paris has begun investing in the fight against love locks on its famous bridges by placing glass panels that bring back the stunning views that attracted people to place locks there in the first place.
Love Locks on the Bridges of Paris
Some see them as graffiti, others view them as symbols of love placed at the heart of a romantic city. They are the love locks of Paris, attached to historic bridges over the River Seine. A France Revisited audio-slideshow.
Where the Seine Flows, and Our Love: The Mirabeau Bridge
You don't have to cross the Pont Mirabeau, the Mirabeau Bridge, to know the famous poem of the same name by Guillaume Apollinaire.
Winter in Paris: Does size matter on the ice canal?
Winter in Paris: As ice forms on the Canal Saint Martin photographers take to the bridges and cobblestones and snowy edges.
Picnicking on the Pont des Arts
risians and visitors alike have gotten into picnicking as a way of enjoying the company of friends and the beauty of Paris on warm evenings. Here's where to picnic in Paris,