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
Grande Arche
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La Grande Arche de la Défense, originally called La Grande Arche de la Fraternité, is a monument and building in the business district of La Défense and in the commune of Puteaux, to the west of Paris
Arc de Triomphe
…of the Axe historique ("historical axis", a sequence of monuments and grand thoroughfares on a route running from the courtyard of the Louvre to the Grande Arche de la Défense), the Arc de Triomphe was designed by Jean-François Chalgrin in 1806; its iconographic programme depicts heroically nude warriors and set…
La Grande Arche de la Défense
The Grande Arche at night
The Arc de Triomphe from the Grande Arche
Christmas decoration at the Grand Arche