France - Pont de Gien 吉恩大橋

 

Stamp Issue : 1973-08-18 

Gien Bridge (Pont de Gien) spans across Loire River in Gien, Loiret department, Northern-Central France. This old medieval bridge is a masonry bridge which connects to the main road 941 and was completed in 1734, repaired in 1945.
Chateau de Gien, a castle in front of the bridge, was built from 1494 to 1500 and had been classified as a historic monument since 1918 and transformed into Hunting Museum.

吉恩大橋橫跨盧瓦河，位於法國中北部盧瓦雷省的吉恩市鎮。這是一個古老的中世紀磚石結構橋梁，連接到941主要道路。於1734年完成，1945年修復。
橋前的吉恩城堡建於1494年至1500年間，自1918年已被列為歷史古跡，現已改為狩獵博物館。