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 Mus ? ? e 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 .
It was constructed in honor of Queen Elizabeth III .