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These covered bridges, built between 1230 and 1250, are remnants of the fortifications that encircled the town from the century onwards.

Don't look for a roof, the Ponts-Couverts have not been there for a long time! Remnants of the fortifications that encircled the city as early as the 13th century, this series of three bridges over the Ill River and guarded by four square towers (originally used as prisons and numbering 5) allowed for the surveillance of the river accesses to Strasbourg. Built between 1230 and 1250 to defend the Ill from repeated attacks, the bridges were solidified in 1332 by masonry piles. Around 1570, iron portcullises were installed to prevent access from the river in case of danger. The bridges were then covered with roofs and wooden galleries. Between 1681 and 1688, the engineer Jacques Tarade built, according to the plans of a certain Vauban, a lock-bridge (known as the Vauban dam), a hundred meters upstream. Adapted to the military techniques of the time, this structure was used during the 1870 war to flood the area located upstream. The story does not end there, since the bridges were destroyed in 1784, when there was only a simple footbridge on piles. In 1865, the three sandstone bridges were rebuilt as we see them today. The observation tower offers a panoramic view of Strasbourg. In recognition of their architectural value and their bellicose past, the four towers (of the executioner, the lock keeper, Jean de Altheim and the French) were classified as historical monuments in 1928.


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Ithea
Visited in october 2023
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A voir
Architecture digne d'intérêt. Belle promenade à faire.
Gulien
Visited in december 2019
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Au cœur de la petite France
Au cœur de la petite France, les ponts couverts sont un ensemble de ponts et de tours, classés monument historique.
Un incontournable
miragesc
Visited in september 2019
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a faire le soir
Idéal pour les photos. Facilement accessible depuis la petite France. Endroit plein de charme avec sa petite ill et ses 3 tours. On peut monter sur l'édifice en face la journée pour prendre les photos avec une belle vue en face la cathédrale, les ponts et la rivière. Super et le soir c'est illuminé et facile à photographier avec moins de monde que la journée.
Visited in july 2018
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Son et lumière
De superbes et impressionnants Ponts Couverts bordent le quartier de la Petite France, face au barrage Vauban. J’ai pu y assister à un superbe Son et Lumière suivi d’un inoubliable feu d’artifices. Des personnages lumineux y dansaient, comme des elfes venus du fond des âges, dans des éclaboussements de lumière. C’était fabuleux !
Mariongnthr
Visited in march 2019
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Vue panoramique de Strasbourg
Les ponts couverts se situent à coté du musée d'art moderne et de l'ENA, en plein quartier historique de la petite France. On peut y monter ce qui permet d'avoir une vue panoramique de la ville.

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