The Pont de pierre is a bridge in Bordeaux, connecting the left bank of the Garonne River cours Victor Hugo to the right bank Avenue Thiers. The Pont de pierre was planned and designed during the First French Empire, under the orders of Napoleon I. At the end of the bridge the classical Burgundy gate, modeled on the famous Arch of Titus in Rome and opened to the public on January 24, 1757. It was one of several gates, which in the 18th century replaced the old city fortifications with avenues lined with rows of trees.

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