Bridge Pont de Pierre (or Stone Bridge) in Bordeaux connects the left and right banks of the Garonne River, and the old and new city quarters. Today, over three bridges spanned the Garonne and the Pont de Pierre was the first of them to its construction townspeople crossed by ferry.

Its construction lasted from 1819 to 1822 on the orders of an angry Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, who was unable to immediately cross the river with his army. He supervised the construction of architect Claude Deschamps. When underwater construction work has been used a diving bell - borrowed from the English bell-shaped tool for the delivery of the workers at the bottom of the river. Its use was due to the passage of the river, which at this point was so strong that it poses a risk to the life of builders and threatened disruption of the entire plan for the construction of the bridge.

As a result, built a stone bridge across the Garonne consisted of seventeen span (number of letters in the name of the Emperor of the French), each leg of the bridge decorated with a medallion with the profile of Napoleon, and on some towers has also been posted coat of arms. The length of the bridge will be almost 500 meters - to be precise, 487.

Historic Monument Pont de Pierre was declared in 2002 alone. In 2003 and 2004 in France produced a postage stamp, which depicted a stone bridge - his background was drawn tram. The value of the brand was half euros, and its author was a sketch artists Claude Andreotti, whose drawings can be seen on many French stamps to mail France, he draws from 70 years of the last century.

On the Pont de Pierre offers wonderful views of the river and Bordeaux itself. At night, the bridge beautifully illuminated with dozens of spotlights.