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| Keywords: La grande porte en face du pont d'Iéna.jpg Entrance gate of the 1867 Paris World Fair at the Pont d'Iéna The 1867 Fair was the second one to take place under the Second Empire and Napoléon III was very involved in the project The Iéna bridge behind the entrance gate on this picture had been built under Napoléon I in 1807 and was named after one of his military victories It was therefore a powerful symbol for the Second Empire The bridge is located between the Champ-de-Mars where now stands the Eiffel Tower and where the main parts of the 1867 World Fair were located and the right bank of the Seine river 1868 engraving 23 4 x 18 cm Institution Brown University Library object history exhibition history credit line Grand album de l'Exposition Universelle 1867 150 dessins par les premiers artistes de la France et de l'étranger Paris Michel Lévy Frères 1868 accession number 1254169180920494 PD-old Engravings of Paris Images of Paris from the Brown University Library Exposition Universelle 1867 Gates in Paris 1868 engravings | ||||
