capitalisation of pont

Question

Pont de l'Alma with a capital 'P' but pont des Invalides and pont Alexandre III with lower case 'p'. Is that correct?

Céline Pickard · Accepted Answer

Bonjour G,
Thank you for pointing this out! We have amended the text to include both options (with the capital letter and without), i.e le Pont de... / le pont de... / la tour Eiffel / la Tour Eiffel.
The grammar rule is as follows: le pont de + Noun /  la tour + Noun according to l'Académie française. However, it is very common to come across the capitalization of the first word. Therefore we have accepted both options.
I hope this is helpful.
Bonne journée !

Jim Luetchford · Answer

....and the Esplanade des Invalides and the Hôtel des Invalides...... It seems that whenever I put a majuscule it should have been a miniscule..... and vice-versa !!! mdr