text: The centrally situated Pont Royal , built for Louis XIV in 1685 , commands some splendid panoramas , with the Louvre and the Tuileries Gardens on the Right Bank , the Musee d 'Orsay on the Left , the Grand and Petit Palais down ? ­ river , and the Palais de l 'Institut de France , home of the Aca ? ­ d ? ? ? ­ mie Francaise , upstream .
  
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  Before the Pont Royal was built in 1685 , it was impossible to see so many of the city 's landmarks .