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Sculpture, Pont de Bir-Hakeim, Paris, France

Les Nautes, or Sailors, sculpture, c. 1900, by Gustave Michel, 1851–1924, on the Pont de Bir-Hakeim, or Bridge of Bir-Hakeim, formerly the Pont de Passy, or Bridge of Passy, built 1903-05, designed by Jean-Camille Formige, over the river Seine in Paris, Ile-de-France, France. The bridge connects the 15th and 16th arrondissements via the Ile aux Cygnes, and has 2 levels, a road and pedestrian level below and a metro rail level above. It was renamed in 1948 after the Battle of Bir Hakeim in Libya in WWII. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Les Nautes, or Sailors, sculpture, c. 1900, by Gustave Michel, 1851–1924, on the Pont de Bir-Hakeim, or Bridge of Bir-Hakeim, formerly the Pont de Passy, or Bridge of Passy, built 1903-05, designed by Jean-Camille Formige, over the river Seine in Paris, Ile-de-France, France. The bridge connects the 15th and 16th arrondissements via the Ile aux Cygnes, and has 2 levels, a road and pedestrian level below and a metro rail level above. It was renamed in 1948 after the Battle of Bir Hakeim in Libya in WWII. Picture by Manuel Cohen