Arc de Triomphe
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The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, often simply called the Arc de Triomphe, is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, France. It is located at the western end of the Champs-Élysées, at the centre of
Arc de Triomphe, Paris 21 October 2010
Avenues radiate from the Arc de Triomphe at the Place Charles de Gaulle, formerly the Place de l'Étoile. Paving stones trace a stellar pattern on its surface, pointing toward the centre of each avenue.
The Battle of Austerlitz, 2 December 1805, painting by François Gérard displayed in the Gallery of the Battles, at the Palace of Versailles
The unfinished Arc de Triomphe between the toll houses of the Barrière de l'Étoile, 1818
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier holds an unidentified member of the French armed forces killed during the First World War, to symbolically commemorate all soldiers who have died for France throughout
Arc de Triomphe
…and Napoleonic Wars, the Arc bears the names of French victories and generals engraved on its inner and outer surfaces. Beneath its vault lies the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from World War I, marked by an eternal flame commemorating unidentified fallen soldiers. The central cohesive element of the Axe historique ("historical…
Paris Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile Grabmal des Unbekannten Soldaten 2
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry lays wreath during 70th anniversary VE Day commemoration in Paris, 8 May 2015.
Choosing the Unknown Soldier (reconstruction at Verdun).
Photo from 11 November 1920.