France - Pont Saint-Hilaire 聖伊萊爾橋

 

Stamp Issue : 1966-02-12 

St. Hilaire Bridge （Pont Saint-Hilaire）is a three-arch stone bridge located in Illiers, in the Eure-et-Loir department in north-central France. It was built in 13th century with length of 18.2 meters and width of 5.7 meters. The bridge is one of the major sights in town.
Illiers was named as Combray by Marcel Proust (1871-1922) in his semi-autobiographical novel "In Search of Lost Time" (À la recherche du temps perdu). The commune had become well-known worldwide because of the literature so in 1971 it officially changed its name to Illiers-Combray.

聖伊萊爾橋是一座建於13世紀的3拱石橋，長18.2公尺，寬5.7公尺，位於法國中北部厄爾-盧瓦爾省的伊利耶小鎮，也是鎮上主要的景點之一。
法國作家馬塞爾‧普魯斯特（1871-1922）的半自傳體小說《追憶似水年華》中描寫的孔布賴鎮，其背景實際上就是伊利耶鎮，從此該鎮備受世人矚目，1971年更名為伊利耶-孔布賴。