Pont de Moret-sur-Loing
The bridge painted by Alfred Sisley , around 1885
The Pont de Moret-sur-Loing is a bridge in Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne , a town in the Seine-et-Marne department of the Île-de-France region , originally built in the 14th century. The bridge over the Loing River is a protected architectural monument ( Monument historique ).
The first bridge in Moret-sur-Loing, which led to the city gate Porte de Bourgogne , was built in the 14th century with pointed arches . In the last third of the 19th century it was reinforced with concrete using the François Coignet method .
On August 24, 1944, the bridge was blown up by withdrawing German troops , and it was restored after the Second World War . The last restoration took place in 1993.
literature
- Georges Poisson (ed.): Dictionnaire des Monuments d'Île de France. Éditions Hervas, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84334-002-0 , p. 557.
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Seine-et-Marne. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-100-7 , p. 1005.
Web links
Commons : Pont de Moret-sur-Loing - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Pont de Moret-sur-Loing in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 48 ° 22 ′ 21.1 ″ N , 2 ° 49 ′ 11.1 ″ E