Île de Saint-Louis
Also known as Island of Saint-Louis
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Saint-Louis is the French colonial trading town founded in the seventeenth century on Ndar, a narrow river island in the mouth of the Senegal River between the mainland and the Langue de Barbarie sandspit. The historic center occupies the…
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- 1872-1957
Saint-Louis served as a French colonial administrative capital, reinforcing the island's civic and military building stock.
- 1897
The Faidherbe Bridge was completed by the Compagnie des Établissements Eiffel, linking Ndar to the mainland on eight metal spans.
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