LBY4593703: Pont Bir Hakeim (Bir-Hakeim), Paris 15th arrondissement. Ex Passy Viaduct, it became in 1949 the bridge of Bir Hakeim. One of the most beautiful sites of metal architecture. The 237-metre bridge has the particularity of being both metropolitan, automobile and pedestrian. Architect Louis Biette (1860-1939) and Jean Camille Formige (1845-1926), 1903-1905. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4594642: Urban furniture, Paris 8th arrondissement. As part of the redesign of the Champs Elysees entrusted to Bernard Huet, a new line of urban furniture has been specially designed by Jean Michel Wilmotte to give a unit by eliminating bulky and unnecessary elements, new benches, candelabres, lights, kiosks. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4594697: L'Eglise de La Madeleine, Place de la Madeleine, Paris 8th arrondissement. Its construction lasted nearly a century. Subject to political aleas, it was finally Napoleon (1769-1821) who entrusted Pierre Vignon (1763-1828) with the task of building an ancient temple dedicated to his military glory. Only the Restoration restored its religious vocation to the Church of Sainte Marie Madeleine in 1842, architect Charles Girault (1851-1932). / Bridgeman Images