Abstract: In France, lots of stone bridges were constructed from Roman age to Industrial Revolution age, and many of them are used even now. The purpose of this paper is to clarify the historical stream of French stone bridges and to evaluate their Aesthetics. In chapter 2, it is defined the component of a stone bridge. Chapter 3 classifies stone bridges in six period as follows; 1) Roman age (-5c), 2) Medieval age (5-16c), 3) Renaissance (1647c), 4) Royal age (17-18c), 5) Modern age (18-19c), 6) Industrial Revolution age (19c-). And their characterizations are described. Chapter 4 motivates 1) to evaluate Aesthetics of Bridges, 2) to get a suggestion for design of modern bridges.
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