Arc de Triomphe
The Arc de Triomphe is a monument in Paris that stands in the centre of the Place de l'Étoile, at the western end of the Champs-Élysées. It is the linchpin of the historic axis (L'Axe historique) leading from the courtyard of the Louvre Palace, a sequence of monuments and grand thoroughfares on a route leading out of Paris. The monument's iconographic program pitted heroically nude French youths against bearded Germanic warriors in chain mail and set the tone for public monuments with triumphant nationalistic messages until World War I.
External links
- Pictures
- Google Maps satellite view of Arc de Triomphe
- Arc de Triomphe at Insecula (French)
- Arc de Triomphe at Discover France (English)
- Georges Haussmann
- Inscriptions on the Arc de Triomphe
- The Names of 660 persons inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe
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