Pont St. Esprit, Gard Département, Occitanie, France
🇫🇷 Pont-Saint-Esprit is a commune in the Gard département in southern France. It is situated on the river Rhône and is the site of a historical crossing, hence its name. The Ardèche flows into the Rhône, just to the north of the bridge.
History The bridge was observed by the Irish pilgrim Symon Semeonis in 1323 on his way to the Holy Land: "Pont-Saint-Esprit where there is a famous stone bridge over the Rhône, half a mile in length, the height of which and the breadth of its arches are greatly admired by all those who cross over it". Italian Canon Antonio de Beatis described the bridge in his 1517-1518 travel journal: "This has twenty tall, wide arches, is finely built in a pleasing stone and is still better paved".
In the seventeenth century the Jewish immigrants from Spain were cast out of central Bayonne and settled in Saint Esprit. This quarter became known in popular parlance as Saint Esprit les Israélites because Jews constituted the majority of its population -which was extremely rare in France. It was a Jew of Spanish origin, Gaspar Dacosta, who introduced the art of chocolate-making to Saint Esprit, and indeed in France.
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Pont St. Esprit has a population of over 10,397 people. Pont St. Esprit also forms part of the wider nîmes Arrondissement which has a population of over 554,624 people. It is also a part of the larger Gard Département. For the location of Pont St. Esprit see: Pont-Saint-Esprit.
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🇨🇦 Peterborough 44.314
🇳🇱 Zwijndrecht 4.65
🇳🇱 Alphen aan den Rijn 4.657
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Locations Near: Pont St. Esprit 4.6476,44.2569
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🇫🇷 Carpentras 5.049,44.056 d: 39.1
🇫🇷 Largentière 4.294,44.544 d: 42.5
Antipodal to: Pont St. Esprit -175.352,-44.257
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