10. Western Quarters, to the S. of the Champs-Elysées.

The quickest route from the centre to the Trocadéro and the Guimet
and Gallie'ra Museums is via the Métropolitain to the Trocadéro Station,
changing trains at the Place de L'Etoile (see Appx., p. 37). The Musée du
Trocadéro is to the right of the station; the Avenue du Trocadéro (opposite)
leads in 5-7 min. to the other two museums. — The Tramways fn m the
Hôtel de Ville to Passy (TJ), to St. Cloud. Sèvres, and Versailles (TAB),
and from the Rue Taitbout to La Muette (TN) may be used, and Steam-
boats also are convenient.

The Musée Galliéra, the Musée Guimet, and the two Musées at the
Trocadéro are open at the same hours on Sun. and Thurs. only ; though
admission may be obtained to the Ethnographical Museum daily except
Monday.

At the S.W. corner of the Place de la Concorde (p. 63) begins
the Cours-la-Reine (Pi. R, 15, 12; I), a promenade formed by
Marie de Medicis in 1616, and constituting with the Quai de la
Conférence a single broad avenue. The quay derives its name from
an old gate through which the Spanish ambassadors entered Paris
in 1660, to confer with Mazarin on the betrothal of the Infanta
Maria Theresa with Louis XIV. — To the right are the Petit Palais
(p. 69) and the Grand Palais (p. 74), between which passes the
Avenue Alexandre Trois or Allée Triomphale, leading to the Esplanade
des Invalides (p. 295).

The Pont Alexandre Trois (Pl. R, 15; II), at the end of this
avenue, is the largest and handsomest bridge in Paris. The founda-
tion-stone was laid by the Czar Nicholas II. in 1896, and the bridge
was completed in 1900, by Résal and Alby, the engineers, and
Cassien-Bernard and Cousin, the architects. The bridge consists of
a single flat steel arch 352 ft. in length, and 130 ft. in width. At each
end is a massive pylon, 75 ft. high, surmounted by gilded groups
of Pegasi led by Fame, by Frémiet (right bank) and Granet and
Steiner (left bank); these are flanked by groups representing France
at different epochs of history, by Lenoir and G. Michel (right
bank), Coutan and Marqueste (left bank), and by lions led by
children (Gardet, right bank; Dalou, left bank). The allegorical
groups in the centre of the aich are by Récipon; on the downstream
side are the arms of Paris ; on the other those of St. Petersburg.

Farther on, to the left, is the Pont des Invalides (Pl. R, 14,
15; II), dating from 1827 (restored in 18'5), and adorned with
Victories by Diéboldt and Vilain.

To the right, at the corner of the Cours-la-Reine (No. 16) and the
Rue Bayard, is the house known as the Maison François Premier
(Pl.R, 15; II), now private property. Francis I. caused this build-
ing to be erected at Moret, near Fontainebleau, in 1527, for the
reception of Diane de Poitiers, or according to others for his sister
Margaret of Navarre, and in 1826 it was transferred to its present
site. The style of the façade is quite unique and very unlike that
of contemporary buildings. On the ground floor are three large arched
windows, to which the three square-headed windows of the upper