This live video is from the American University of Paris.
Team USA continues to dominate at the Paris Olympics,
and many of those events are taking place at popular
Paris landmarks.
And there's really just so many iconic landmarks.
David Nothing, Arc de Triomphe,
the Eiffel Tower. Yeah, the Louvre,
all of it. All of it.
Yeah. And really getting all carried away there with it.
Marlena Dolores. Well, she explained some of the history behind
a few of those places and how they play a
role in the Summer Games.
The Pond Alexander the Third Bridge was built for the
1900 World Fair in honor of the Russian Czar Alexander
the Third for the Olympics.
It'll connect the Ovale, which used to be a military
hospital,
now hosting competitions like archery,
and then the Grand Palace,
an exhibition hall that'll host things like Taekwondo and fencing.
The bridge is ornately decorated with gilded bronze sculptures sitting
atop 4 columns at either entrance.
This is considered as one of the best,
the most beautiful bridges in in Paris.
The bridge has a rich history,
originally constructed as a symbol of a global,
interconnected world. You advertise the diversity,
the beauty, the the fun of all of the cultures
of the world.
You try to explain to people,
plain folks, that this is there.
There's a great world out there.
With its gorgeous views of the city,
including the Eiffel Tower, It's always a popular spot for
a stroll and.
Wedding photos On one side of the bridge is the
Hotel de Envalid,
built in 1687 as a military hospital and retirement home
for war veterans.
It's now a museum and houses the tomb of Napoleon
Bonaparte.
When you go in this place,
you know it's a place dedicated for more,
for soldier and the military history.
Inside you have the Army Museum as well.
It's a very, very nice place to see.
Across from the invalid is the Grand Palais,
an exhibition hall designed at the end of the 19th
century.
They used a lot of steel and windows typically from
this period.
And definitely you will find a lot of places like
that in in Paris where they use steel and and
windows.
All iconic venues with rich history used in creative ways
for the Summer Games in Paris.
I'm Marie Alana Belores.
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