Pont Neuf
In the following centuries, while the Kings departed, the island retained its importance as an administrative center; it was home to the courts and tribunals, and the Parlement of Paris, as assembly of nobles who formally registered royal proclamations. It included the Conciergerie, which contained the royal prisons and judicial offices. Other important transformations were made to the island. In 1585 work began on the Pont Neuf at the far west end of the island. In 1607 Henry IV gave up the royal garden on the island, which was transformed into the Place Dauphine, and completed the Pont Neuf bridge.