The Pont Alexandre-III is an Art Nouveau-style bridge in Paris, lavishly decorated with lanterns, cherubs, nymphs and winged golden horses. It was built between 1896 and 1900, in time for the World's Fair, by engineers Jean Résal and Amédée D'Alby and architects Cassien-Bernard and Gaston Cousin, and named after Tsar Alexander III. His son, Nicholas II, laid the foundation stone in October 1896. The bridge's style reflects that of the Grand Palais, the palace on the Rive Droite on which the bridge opens. The structure, consisting of a six-metre-high steel arch over the Seine, is a marvel of 19th-century architecture. The design was bound by rules that stipulated that the bridge should not block views of the Champs-Élysées and the Invalides.
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