Pont de Vernon

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Built in the XII century, the King of England and the Duke of Norman Heinrich I on the site of the old bridge. He went to the left bank on the axis of the street du Pon and was the only transition between Norman Weeks and Evresian, he was part of the defensive system of Vernon between the fortifications on the left bank (Bridge Gate) and Shatle de Vernonne on the right bank. Since the XII century, it was covered with mills and fisheries. Restored at the beginning of the XIII century, he was washed off by flooding 1296, and then again destroyed in 1346 by the arrival of the King of England in France. The rebuilt new bridge consisted of 25 semicircular arches of his pile were protected by triangular spurs. In the middle, he spread on Talus Island. The city was greatly injured in the XVII century (flood 1651-1658), despite several repairs, residents of the city appealed to King Louis XIV (1698).