![]() The forest as seen by Francois Mauriac, and today Pic du Midi - observing stars clearly, A64Ĭarcassonne, A61: world heritage fortified city Marianne - a French national symbol, with French definitive stamps Short biography of Pierre (Peter) Abelard Ile de France, Paris: in the context of Abelard and of French cathedrals Gustave Eiffel’s first work: the Eiffel passerelle, BordeauxĪ fifth bridge coming to Bordeaux: pont Chaban-Delmas, a new vertical lift bridge Transbordeur bridges in France and the world 2: focus on Portugalete, Chicago, Using metal in gothic cathedral constructionĬathedral destruction during the French revolution, subsidiary page to Germans in France Stone in church and cathedral construction The fire at the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris The perpendicular or English style of cathedral Updated: Romanesque churches and cathedrals in south-west France the Chaban-Delmas Bridge - built at Bordeaux. On 1st January 2013, though only 20,000 souvenir bracelets had been made, 38,000 locals and ‘foreigners’ from neighbouring departments promenaded on the new bridge during six hours.Īrtist's impressions of the Pont Chaban-Delmas At the end of October 2012, the bridge officially became the Pont Jacques Chaban-Delmas (or Pont Chaban-Delmas), named after a former mayor of Bordeaux. La Bastide quarters (right bank) of Bordeaux. This vertical lift bridge connects the Bacalan (left bank) and In the evening, there was a spectacular firework show using the bridge. The day before, inaugural celebrations included a fun run, the Run of the Bridges, between this new bridge and the Pont de Pierre by thousands of runners. ![]() In January 2010 and completed on the 31st DecemberĢ012, the Pont Chaban-Delmas in service from 17th March 2013. Its pulley system means that the road bed can be fully lifted in 11 minutes. The Pont Chaban-Delmas, spanning the River Gironde between the Baclan and Bastide quarters of Bordeaux, is 433 metres long and 77 metres high, and so is one of the largest vertical lift bridges in Europe. Transbordeur/transporter bridges in France and the world 2:Ħth bridge at Rouen: Pont Gustave Flaubert, new Transbordeur/transporter bridges in France and the world 1: Dream unfulfilled - the transporter bridge, Bordeaux
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