Pont de la Tournelle, Arch bridge in the 4th arrondissement, France.
The Pont de la Tournelle is an intentionally asymmetrical arch bridge over the Seine, linking the 4th arrondissement at Île Saint-Louis with the 5th arrondissement's quai de la Tournelle. A large central arch is flanked by two smaller ones, and on the left-bank side a pointed pylon about 15 metres tall rises from the pier cutwater, topped by Paul Landowski's 1928 statue of Saint Geneviève.
An earlier stone bridge stood here from the 17th century before being replaced in 1928 with the current concrete structure. The name comes from a medieval tower that once formed part of Philippe Auguste's fortifications.
The statue of Saint Geneviève on the pylon was designed by Paul Landowski and inaugurated in 1928. The architects Guy and Charles Guidetti won the competition with a plan for the saint to face east, toward the direction of invaders since Attila; Landowski preferred west, and he was so disappointed that he skipped the bridge's inauguration on 27 August 1928. A procession in her honor starts from the statue in early January and goes to Saint-Étienne-du-Mont.
The bridge links the 4th arrondissement on Île Saint-Louis with the 5th arrondissement at the Quai de la Tournelle, continuing the Rue des Deux-Ponts southward. Métro stations Pont Marie and Cardinal Lemoine serve the site. The flood gauge here once measured Paris floods, including the 1910 crest at 8.50 m.
Beneath the bridge sits the Port de la Tournelle, where permanently occupied houseboats serve as year-round homes along the riverbank. These floating residences are a rare sight in modern Paris.
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