Description: Shipping with tracking number from Europe/ PONT ALEXANDRE III Daniel DUPUIS medal Paris mint ,bronze 70mm Pont Alexandre IIIJump to navigationJump to searchPont Alexandre IIIPont Alexandre III; Grand Palais in the backgroundCoordinates48°51′49″N 2°18′49″ECrossesThe Seine RiverLocaleParis, FranceNext upstreamPont de la ConcordeNext downstreamPont des InvalidesCharacteristicsTotal length160 metres (520 ft)[1]Width40 metres (130 ft)[1]LocationWikimedia | © OpenStreetMapLocation on the Seine in Paris.The Pont Alexandre III is a deck arch bridge that spans the Seine in Paris. It connects the Champs-Élysées quarter with those of the Invalides and Eiffel Tower. The bridge is widely regarded as the most ornate, extravagant bridge in the city.[2][3] It has been classified as a French monument historique since 1975.[HistoryThe Beaux-Arts style bridge, with its exuberant Art Nouveau lamps, cherubs, nymphs and winged horses at either end, was built between 1896 and 1900. It is named after Tsar Alexander III, who had concluded the Franco-Russian Alliance in 1892. His son Nicholas II laid the foundation stone in October 1896. The style of the bridge reflects that of the Grand Palais, to which it leads on the right bank.The construction of the bridge is a marvel of 19th century engineering, consisting of a 6 metres (20 ft) high single span steel arch. The design, by the architects Joseph Cassien-Bernard [fr] and Gaston Cousin, was constrained by the need to keep the bridge from obscuring the view of the Champs-Élysées or the Invalides.The bridge was built by the engineers Jean Résal and Amédée Alby [fr]. It was inaugurated in 1900 for the Exposition Universelle (universal exhibition) World's Fair, as were the nearby Grand Palais and Petit Palais.Nicholas II of RussiaNicholas IINicholas II in 1912Emperor of All RussiaReign1 November 1894[a] – 15 March 1917[b]Coronation26 May 1896[c]PredecessorAlexander IIISuccessorMonarchy abolished Georgy Lvov (as Minister-Chairman)Prime MinisterSee listBorn18 May [O.S. 6 May] 1868 Alexander Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russian EmpireDied17 July 1918 (aged 50) Ipatiev House, Yekaterinburg, Russian SFSR (present-day Russian Federation)Burial17 July 1998 Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint PetersburgSpouseAlexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)(m. 1894)IssueGrand Duchess OlgaGrand Duchess TatianaGrand Duchess MariaGrand Duchess AnastasiaTsesarevich AlexeiFull nameNikolai Alexandrovich RomanovHouseHolstein-Gottorp-RomanovFatherAlexander III of RussiaMotherMaria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)ReligionRussian OrthodoxSignatureSaint Nicholas II of RussiaPassion-BearerVenerated inEastern OrthodoxyCanonized1981 by Russian Orthodox Church Abroad2000 by the Russian Orthodox ChurchMajor shrineChurch on Blood, Yekaterinburg, RussiaFeast17 JulyNicholas II or Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov[d] (18 May [O.S. 6 May] 1868 – 17 July 1918), known in the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer,[e] was the last Emperor of All Russia, ruling from 1 November 1894 until his abdication on 15 March 1917. During his reign, Russia embarked on a series of reforms including the introduction of civil liberties, literacy programs, state representation, and initiatives to modernize the empire's infrastructure.[1][2][3][4] Ultimately, this progress was undermined by crushing defeats sustained by the Russian military in the Russo-Japanese war[5] and World War I.[6][7] By 1917, during the first russian revolution, a general strike joined by city's garrison mutinies in the capital forced Nicholas to abdicate the throne, thereby ending the Romanov dynasty's 300-year rule of Russia. In the years following his abdication, Nicholas was reviled by Soviet historians and state propaganda as a "callous tyrant" who persecuted his own people while sending countless soldiers to their deaths in pointless conflicts.[8] More recent assessments have characterized him as a well-intentioned, hardworking ruler who ultimately failed because of aversing events.[9][10][11][12]As Emperor, Nicholas gave support to the economic and political reforms promoted by his prime ministers, Sergei Witte and Pyotr Stolypin, but strong aristocratic opposition prevented them from becoming fully effective. He supported modernization based on foreign loans and close ties with France, but resisted giving the new parliament (the Duma) major roles. He was criticised for his perceived fault in the Khodynka Tragedy, anti-semitic pogroms, Bloody Sunday, the violent suppression of the 1905 Russian Revolution, the repression of political opponents, and his supposed responsibility for defeat in the Russo-Japanese War, which saw the Russian Baltic Fleet annihilated at the Battle of Tsushima, together with the loss of Russian influence over Manchuria and Korea, and the Japanese annexation of the south of Sakhalin Island.Nicholas signed the Anglo-Russian Entente of 1907, which was designed to counter Germany's attempts to gain influence in the Middle East; it ended the Great Game of confrontation between Russia and the British Empire. He supported Serbia and approved the mobilization of the Russian Army on 30 July 1914. In response, Germany declared war on Russia on 1 August 1914 and its ally France on 3 August 1914,[13] starting the Great War, later known as the First World War. The severe military losses led to a collapse of morale at the front and at home, leading to the fall of the House of Romanov in the February Revolution of 1917. Nicholas abdicated on behalf of himself and his son. With his family, he was imprisoned by the revolutionary government, exiled to Siberia, and executed the following year in July 1918.In 1981, Nicholas, his wife, and their children were recognized as martyrs by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, based in New York City.[14] Their gravesite was discovered in 1979, but this was not acknowledged until 1989. After the fall of Communism, the remains of the imperial family were exhumed, identified by DNA analysis, and re-interred with an elaborate state and church ceremony in St. Petersburg on 17 July 1998, exactly 80 years after their murders. They were canonized in 2000 by the Russian Orthodox Church as passion bearers.[15] The remains of two more Romanov children, believed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia and Tsesarevich Alexei, were found in 2007 at a second, nearby gravesite, which was also unmarked. They were also identified by DNA analysis. These remains are still waiting to be buried alongside those of the rest of the family.
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