Arc de Triomphe
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January 31
A concentrated story embodied in the monumental architecture in the Empire style. It was built by order of Napoleon Bonaparte to commemorate the victories of the "Great Army", in particular at Austerlitz. It was based on the Triumphal Arch of Titus in the Roman Forum. The arch depicts 128 battles of the French army and 660 generals. Napoleon did not wait for the end of his reign as emperor, and did not live to see it, the arch was completed only in 1831.
Architects Jean-Francois Chalgren, Jean-Arnaud Raymond, Abel Bluet. In 1921, the Grave of the Unknown Soldier was organized under the arch.
I lived there not far away, on Osman Boulevard, I watched both on foot and on the highway, the beauty is extraordinary. I especially liked driving from the Champs-Elysees, steering, looking ahead, approaching the arch, beautiful..
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July 22, 2024
There are few monuments, buildings, monuments in the world that would have such great importance for the place, for the city where they stand, as the Paris Arc de Triomphe, it, being in the center of the famous Star Square, is the compositional center of a huge part of Paris, to which 12 significant urban thoroughfares converge, including the Champs Elysees Avenue Foch, leading to the Bois de Boulogne, etc., except through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris passes probably the most grandiose urban axis in the world, more than 8 kilometers long, and which begins at the Cour carrée of the Louvre and then leads through the Tuileries Garden to the Place de la Concorde, along the Champs-Elysees to the Arc de Triomphe and beyond - to the Grand Arch in La Defense, a modern business district already outside Paris. By the way, the mentioned famous urban axis and all 12 highways converging to the Star Square (this is the historical name, the official one is Charles de Gaulle Square) can be better seen and appreciated by climbing to the top of the Arch. Have a nice walk around Paris!
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May 20, 2024
A very worthy place to visit. Even in the tourist season, after 10 a.m., you can effortlessly quickly buy a ticket to the observation deck and enjoy the beautiful panoramas that open up a view of Paris from above.
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