PARIS - Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile

Reference : FR057

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Size : 10 x 15 cm

"Paris et ses merveilles - L'Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile vu de l'avenue Marceau"

Location of PARIS in FRANCE :

The Arc de Triomphe is a famous monument in Paris that stands in the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle, also known as the Place de l'Étoile. Officially, it is the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, as a smaller Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel exists nearby. It is located at the western end of the Champs-Élysées. The triumphal arch honours those who fought for France, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. On the inside and the top of the arc there are all of the names of generals and wars fought. Underneath is the tomb of the unknown soldier from World War I.

The Arc is the linchpin of the historic axis (Axe historique) — a sequence of monuments and grand thoroughfares on a route which goes from the courtyard of the Louvre Palace, to the Arche de la Défense. The monument was designed by Jean Chalgrin in 1806, and its iconographic program pitted heroically nude French youths against bearded Germanic warriors in chain mail. It set the tone for public monuments, with triumphant patriotic messages, until World War I.

The monument stands 50 m in height, 45 m wide and 22 m deep. It is the second largest triumphal arch in existence. Its design was inspired by the Roman Arch of Titus.