View from Pont Neuf 1832

Pont Neuf et la Cité de Paris 1832 – by Guiseppe Canella

35 years before “Dark Eyes” and therefore well before the Hausmann renovations that Mercedes describes, but this painting gives such a good view of the Seine and the Cité, with at the front the Pont au Change (which would be demolished and replaced in 1858-1860) and in the back the Pont Notre Dame with the tower of the pump still featuring prominently. Even the towers of both the Palais de Justice and  Notre Dame stand out over the rooftops.

I’m sharing this because we’ll be seeing more of these locations before “Dark Eyes” is finished!