Pont des Minimes
The Minimes bridge

A long story links us to the river, we, the bridges of Autricum, under which the water flows, and thanks to our arches crossing the river, we lead the merchants into the very heart of the city just like the boatmen do .

And you, passer-by, you whose steps glide you towards the "tertre aux putains", passing by the night beauties in their richly-coloured clothes, you now approach me. Do you know who I am? I take my last name from the Minimes friars, whose convent was established here. Over the years, I was named the Pont de Pontceau, from the mill nearby, the Pont des Arches or even the Pont des Casernes... From the parish of Saint André which looks down on me, I saw a succession of men of all river related crafts, carders and dyers, textile, cloth and felt makers as well as wool washers, I am at the heart of the cloth and weaving district. My stone arches first span the river in 1553 and they now call me the "Pont des Minimes."

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