A cinematic journey across one of Paris’s most poetic bridges.
The Pont Mirabeau — completed in 1896 — stands at the crossroads of engineering innovation, sculptural beauty, and literary immortality. From its pioneering steel arch to the allegorical bronzes of Jean Antoine Injalbert, the bridge reflects a city in transition. But it was Guillaume Apollinaire who transformed it into a symbol of love, loss, and the passage of time.
In this episode of The Glow of Paris, Gary Zuercher explores the bridge’s creation, its wartime scars, its artistic legacy, and the enduring power of the poem that made it famous.
A story of Paris, the Seine, and the memories carried by the river.
The Glow of Paris – Pont de l’Alma