Paris will have its fireworks for July 14, still fired from the Eiffel Tower, but without audience, due to coronavirus, announced the City of Paris Wednesday. "Given the current health and regulatory context, and in particular the ban on gatherings of more than 5,000 people, the festivities in Paris cannot be held in the presence of a large crowd as is the case each year".
Appealing to the sense of responsibility and civic-mindedness of Parisians, the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo and the prefect of police Didier Lallement have decided on “specific organizational arrangements”: “the public cannot be accommodated within a large area around the Eiffel Tower ", nor attend the concert organized on the Champ-de-Mars by Radio France" which will be held behind closed doors this year ".
Restrictions from 11 a.m.
"In application of an order from the Prefect of Police, a large exclusion zone will be set up around the site in order to ensure the safety of the fire and to prevent any eventual crowd of people," added the press release, adding that the Parisians are "invited to follow the televised retransmission of the fireworks". Access restrictions will be implemented from 11 a.m. on the Champ-de-Mars and from 4 p.m. around the Trocadéro site and on the Pont d'Iéna.
And from 7 p.m., a large area extending from the Grenelle bridge to the Alma bridge, including the Champ-de-Mars and the Trocadéro site, will be "strictly prohibited to the public", at the exception of residents, hotel residents and professionals on mission "on presentation of proof". Several metro stations will also be closed within the prohibited perimeter and on the outskirts.
- Fireworks
- Eiffel Tower
- Coronavirus
- Paris