Pont d'Iéna
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Pont d'Iéna is a bridge spanning the River Seine in Paris. It links the Eiffel Tower on the Left Bank to the district of Trocadéro on the Right Bank.
Pont d'Iéna
The Pont d'Iéna at night.
Pont d'Iéna in Paris (1914)
Pont d'Iéna at the Place de Varsovie in Paris (1937)
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Graf, later elevated to Fürst von Wahlstatt, was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall. He earned his greatest recognition after leading his army against Napoleon at the Battl
Pont d'Iéna
…disregarding other names considered previously: pont du Champ-de-Mars and pont de l'École militaire. During the occupation of Paris by the Allies, Prussian General Blücher wanted to destroy the Pont d'Iéna, which was named after a French victory against Prussia. The Prefect of Paris tried everything to change the mind of…
Portrait by George Dawe, 1818
Marschall Vorwärts by Emil Hünten (1863)
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher in Bautzen by Bogdan Willewalde (1885)
Blücher and the Army of Silesia crossing the Rhine near to Kaub, onto the French territory; 1 January 1814. By Wilhelm Camphausen (1859).