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Sign: Paris - History of Paris - Pont au Double


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1 Rue Lagrange, 75005 Paris, France
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[An illustration of a ship, symbolizing the symbol of Paris]

Histoire de Paris

Le Pont au Double
Ce pont présente l’originalité d’avoir été conçu, des 1515, comme une sorte d’annexe de Hôtel-Dieu, afin de porter remède à son encombrement perpétuel, encore aggravé en période d’épidémies. Le 5 août 1626, l’autonsation de construire un ouvrage de pierre, aux frais de l’hôpital, lui est enfin accordée pour le relier à ses nouveaux bâtiments de la rive gauche. Au lieu d’habitations, les trois arches édifiées entre 1626 et 1632 supportaient deux grandes salles superposées destinées aux malades, malgré les récriminations des riverains, qui voyaient les détritus déversés directement dans le fleuve ! Le pont tire son nom du péage exigé des piétons jusqu’au 25 décembre 1789: un double, c’est-à-dire une pièce de deux deniers; moyennant six deniers, les cavaliers reçoivent aussi un droit de passage, vite révoqué: un tourniquet est installé pour barrer le passage aux chevaux. Les salles du Rosaire et Saint-Louis sont enfin détruites entre 1824 et 1825, et le pont lui-même, dont les piles gênaient la navigation, est abattuen 1847 pour laisser place à une seule arche de 31 métres d’ouverture.
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One of the series of signs describing historical places in Paris. The signs were placed starting in 1992 and are also called sucettes Starck (Starck’s Lollipops) after Philippe Starck who designed them.

The sign describes the history of the Pont au Double bridge

The bridge was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

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Translation of the text on the sign:

[An illustration of a ship, symbolizing the symbol of Paris]

History of Paris

Pont au Double
This bridge has the originality of having been designed, in 1515, as a sort of annex to Hôtel-Dieu, in order to remedy its perpetual congestion, even worse during periods of epidemics. On August 5, 1626, authorization to build a stone structure, at the expense of the hospital, was finally granted to connect it to its new buildings on the left bank. Instead of dwellings, the three arches built between 1626 and 1632 supported two large superimposed rooms intended for the sick, despite the complaints of local residents, who saw the waste dumped directly into the river! The bridge takes its name from the toll charged to pedestrians until December 25, 1789: a double, that is to say a two-denier coin; for six deniers, the riders also receive a right of passage, which is quickly revoked: a turnstile is installed to block the way for horses. The Rosary and Saint-Louis rooms were finally destroyed between 1824 and 1825, and the bridge itself, whose piers hindered navigation, was demolished in 1847 to make way for a single arch with a 31-meter opening.




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