Paris and its story, by T. Okey; illustrated by Katherine Kimball & O. F. M. Ward (1904)
Okey, Thomas, 1852-1935 · London : J. M. Dent & co.; New York, The Macmillan co. · leaf 282
g the troubles of the League. The bridge wasrebuilt of wood, at the cost of the captain of the corps ofarchers, and as the houses were painted each with thefigure of a bird, the new bridge was known as the Pontaux Oiseaux (Bridge of Birds). It spanned the river fromthe end of the Rue St. Denis and… … Place ijes Vosgks. THE PARIS OF HENRY IV. 189 In 1621, however, it and the Pont au Change were con-sumed by fire in a few hours and, in 1639, the two woodenbridges were replaced by a bridge of stone, the Pontau Change, which stood until rebuilt in 1858. It was in Henrys reign that the Penitents, a…
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