What Paris bridge was built partly with stones from the demolished Bastille?

The Paris bridge built partly with stones from the demolished Bastille was the Pont de la Concorde. The bridge crosses the Seine between the Place de la Concorde on the Right Bank and the Quai d’Orsay on the Left Bank.

Architect Jean-Rodolphe Perronet was commissioned to build the bridge in 1787. The project continued through the upheaval of the French Revolution, and masonry from the Bastille was incorporated after the fortress was captured and dismantled beginning on July 14, 1789. The bridge was completed in 1791.

Its name changed with France’s political fortunes. It was first called the Pont Louis XVI, became the Pont de la Révolution during the revolutionary period, and returned briefly to Pont Louis XVI during the Bourbon Restoration. Since 1830, it has permanently been known as the Pont de la Concorde.

The bridge is sometimes confused with other famous Paris crossings, especially the Pont Neuf or Pont Alexandre III. Those bridges have different histories. The Pont de la Concorde is the one directly associated with reused Bastille stone and the revolutionary transformation of Paris.