Pont de l'Alma

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Pont de l'Alma (Fr. Pont de l'Alma.) - 150-meter-long arch bridge over the Seine in Paris, named after the French victory over the Russian in the Alma battle of the Crimean War. It was opened near the area of Alma Emperor Napoleon III 2 April 1856 and to the World's Fair in 1900 its width was doubled due to the extension of pedestrian mostika.Kazhdy of the four pillars of the bridge once adorned the statue of the military - Zouave, grenadiers, gunners and infantrymen. These statues were useful for determining the level of the Seine when water covered the feet of Zouaves, public access to the river overlaps the police, and when the water reaches the level of the hips - close the river navigatsiya.V 1970-1974 years old bridge was replaced by the modern in order to expand to the needs of road users. Currently, of the four statues on the bridge is preserved only figure of the Zouaves. The rest were taken outside of Paris, for example, "Kern" is located in Vincennes Fort Gravel.