Pont Pulteney

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La baronne Frances Pulteney avait sollicité les frères Robert et James Adam pour son projet de ville, mais ce dernier se consacra tout entier à la conception du pont. Entre ses mains, l'ouvrage d'art utilitaire commandé par Pulteney prit la forme d'une structure élégante rythmée par des boutiques. Adam avait, il est vrai, visité à la fois Florence et Venise, où il avait admiré le Ponte Vecchio et le Pont du Rialto, mais pour cet ouvrage, c’est plutôt d’Andrea Palladio et de sa critique du Rialto qu’il s’est inspiré. Le pont Pulteney a conservé pendant un peu moins de 20 ans la forme qu’Adam lui avait donnée ; en 1792, l’agrandissement des boutiques détruisit leur élégance, puis les crues de l’Avon, en 1799 et 1800, ravagèrent le parement nord du pont, dont les piles étaient insuffisamment fondées.

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Address: Bath and North East Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset, United Kingdom

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