Royal Bridge - one of the three oldest Parisian bridge (the first two - Pont Neuf and Marie). It leads to the pavilion of Flora, and the Tuileries Gardens on the right side of the street on the left tank. The name of the street recalls that once, back in the XVI century, from this place ferries carrying blocks of stone for the construction of the Palace of the Tuileries (bac French and means "steam").

The ferry went eighty-two years, but in 1632 there was a bridge - financier Barbier ordered it and a local entrepreneur built Pidu. The wooden bridge was red, so it was called Pont-Rouge, although officially it was called Pont-Saint-Anne (in deference to Anne of Austria).

With the bridge all the time something happened. At first it was repaired, then completely rebuilt, after which it is burned, drowned, it was reconstructed again, propped up, and finally, eight of the fifteen arches carried away by flood in 1684. Madame de Sevigny in his famous writings especially noted the latter case, after which it was decided to build a stone bridge.

Construction of a fully funded Louis XIV, the same it is quite logical given the bridge that connects the left bank of the palace of the Tuileries, a new name - the Royal, that is the Royal. Bridge calm lasted a century, the townspeople liked to spend it on the street parties.

During the French Revolution quickly changed their name - the bridge became a National, which is also quite logical. It was here 13 Vendemiaire (October 5) in 1795, Napoleon put a gun to defend against armed royalists and the National Convention Committee of Public Safety, were located in the palace of the Tuileries. It was a turning point in the life of Napoleon. The commander of the Convention Barras offered the young general led the operation to suppress the rebellion, and after some hesitation, he agreed. Napoleon ordered to deliver forty guns and took them approaches to the Convention. Against artillery fire the rebels could not do anything, though, and tried to break through from the left side of the bridge and the National grab guns standing right next to him. Since the Convention was to ensure the security and career of Napoleon, decided the future of Europe.

Later, Napoleon gave the bridge one more name - the Tuileries, and in 1814 Louis XVIII returned his royal name. Now this pyatiarochny cobbled bridge simple and severe type is one of the historic monuments of Paris.