Posted at 8:38 pm by Thad Roan
Our thanks to Michael Steighner (Photomike07 on Flickr) for sharing this outstanding HDR (High Dynamic Range) photo of the Pont au Change and Palais de Justice in Paris, France. (To see a larger version of this photo on Flickr, please click on the image at the left.) The following information if from Wikipedia:
The Pont au Change (built 1858-1860) is a bridge over the Seine River in Paris, France. It connects the Île de la Cité from the Palais de Justice and the Conciergerie, to the Right Bank, at the level of the Théâtre du Châtelet. It is located at the border between the Ier and the IVe arrondissements. It owes its name to the goldsmiths and money changers who had installed their shops on the original bridge in the 12th century.
The Palais de Justice, located in the Île de la Cité in central Paris, France, is built on the site of the former royal palace of Saint Louis, of which the Sainte Chapelle remains. Thus the justice of the state has been dispensed at this site since medieval times. From the sixteenth century to the French Revolution this was the seat of the Parlement de Paris.
It houses various courts:
* the Paris court of large claims (tribunal de grande instance) and the associated Paris correctional court; as of 2007 there are discussions so as to their possible relocation in another location;
* the Paris Court of Appeal;
* the French Cour de cassation (highest jurisdiction in the French judicial order).
The Palais also contains the ancient structure of the Conciergerie, a former prison, now a museum, where Marie Antoinette was imprisoned before being executed on the guillotine. Security is maintained by gendarmes.
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