The Pont de la Concorde (PI. R, 15, 14; II), which crosses the Seine frcxvi 



the Place de La Concorde to the Chambre des Deputes was built by Perronet in 



1787-90, the material for the upper part being furnished by the stones of the 



Bastille. The piers are in the form of half-colximns, and were adorned with 



statues (now at Versailles). 



The view from the bridge is very fine. It includes the Place de la Con- 

 corde, the Madeleine, and the Chamber of Deputies; then, upstream, to the 

 left, the Tuileries Garden, a pavilion of the Tuileries and one of the Louvre, 

 the Pont Solferlno and the Pont-Royal; to the right, the Gare du qaui-d' Orsay , 

 in front of which is the little dome of the Palais de la Legion d'Honneur; 

 farther off are the dome of the Institut, the towers of Notre Dame, the spire 

 of the Sainte-Chapelle, and the dome of the Tribunal de Commerce. Downstream, 

 to the right, appear the Palais in the Champs-Elysees ; then the Pont Alexandre 

 Trois, and the towers of the Trocadero; to the left the Ministry of Foreign 

 Affairs and the inevitable Eiffel Tower. The dome of the Invaiides can be 

 seen only from a little below the bridge, to the right of the Chamber of 

 Deputies. 



