Pont St Hilaire
The St Hilaire bridge

"I have never changed names, but the church to which I owe mine, sadly disappeared after having been used as a common room to the famous "sans culottes". It was demolished without a second thoughts. I'm the St Hilaire bridge, at the crossroads between Paris and Orleans. I lead travellers, arriving from the south, towards the city, as well as those arriving from the Beauce plain and its granaries. After the heavy bombings of the month of August during the war, I was the only bridge that stayed up along the Eure and I lent my 800-year old back to the Allied troops for them to cross the river and liberate the capital. I follow the path leading to the upper town in front of the Saint-Père Abbey which was once, one of the richest monasteries in this beautiful town. The arcs of light of the Saint Pierre Church are still proofs today of our glorious past".

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