Pont Alexandre III is a Beaux-Arts style bridge, with its Art Nouveau lamps, cherubs, nymphs and winged horses at either end. It was built between 1896 and 1900 and was named after Tsar Alexander III, who concluded the Franco-Russian alliance in 1892.
The style of the bridge, exuberant and ornate, reflects that of the Grand Palais, to which it leads. The above picture of the Nymphs of the Seine, a relief of the arms of Paris, is at the centre of the arches of the bridge, and faces the Nymphs of the Neva and the arms of Imperial Russia.