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The war monument was designed by architect Jean-François
Chalgrin, and built at the top of the avenue des Champs-Élysées.
Napoléon commissioned the Arc in 1806 shortly after his
victory at Austerlitz, but it was not finished until 1836.
Napoléon envisioned
that his victorious troops would march through the arch cheered by the
population of Paris, but this never happened due to their defeat of
at Waterloo in 1815.
The arc is situated the place Charles de Gaulle, which
was previously named the place de l’Étoile.
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Looking towards the Eiffel Tower
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The Champs-Élysées at night
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La Marseillaise
(Departure of the Volunteers in 1792)
by François Rude:
It shows the French people rallying to defend their
independence. .They are being roused to patriotic fervour
by the Roman goddess of war: Bellona, who has also been
identified as a personification of Liberty.
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Napoléon's Triumph of 1810
by Jean-Pierre Cortot:
Celebration of the Treaty of Vienna Peace agreement in 1810
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La Résistance (Resistance of 1814)
by Antoine Etex:
A naked soldier defending his family, is urged on by the
spirit of the future
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La Paix (Peace of 1815)
by Antoine Etex:
This bas relief depicts a man, protected by Minerva, putting
his sword back into his scabbard; at his side peasants get
back to work
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Beneath the Arch is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and
eternal flame commemorating the dead of the two world wars.
Here every Armistice Day (11 November) the President of the
Republic lays a wreath.
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Free flowing traffic around the Arc!
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Looking up the Avenue de la Grande Armée
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Looking towards Sacré Coeur
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Avenue de la Grande Armée and La Défense
in the distance
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Avenue Champs-Élysées |
Avenue Marceau
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Avenue Marceau | Avenue d'léna
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Avenue d'léna | Avenue Kléber
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Avenue Foch | Avenue de la Grande Armée
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Avenue de la Grande Armée
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Avenue de la Grande Armée | Avenue Carnot
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Avenue Carnot | Avenue Mac Mahon
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Avenue Mac Mahon | Avenue de Wagram
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Avenue de Wagram | Avenue Hoche
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Avenue Hoche | Avenue de Friedland
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Avenue de Friedland | Avenue Champs-Élysées
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