Bridges over the Seine and Conciergerie - Paris

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Bridges over the Seine and Conciergerie - Paris

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RicardMN Photography

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Some bridges over the Seine and Conciergerie - Paris.
La Conciergerie is a former royal palace and prison in Paris, France, located on the west of the Ile de la Cite (literally island of the city), near the Cathedral of Notre-Dame. It is part of the larger complex known as the Palais de Justice, which is still used for judicial purposes. Hundreds of prisoners during the French Revolution were taken from La Conciergerie to be executed on the guillotine at a number of locations around Paris.
There are many bridges in the city of Paris, principally over the River Seine.
The Seine (French: La Seine) is a 776 km (482 mi)-long river and an important commercial waterway within the Paris Basin in the north of France. Over 60% of its length, as far as Burgundy, is negotiable by commercial riverboats and nearly its whole length is available for recreational boating; excursion boats offer sightseeing tours of the Rive Droite and Rive Gauche within the city of Paris.
There are 37 bridges within Paris and dozens more spanning the river outside the city. Examples in Paris include the Pont Louis-Philippe and Pont Neuf, the latter of which dates back to 1607. Outside the city, examples include the Pont de Normandie, one of the longest cable-stayed bridges in the world, which links Le Havre to Honfleur.

FEATURED PHOTO, Urban Landscapes group, 10/16/2013

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