The Arc de Triomphe, also called Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, is a triumphal arch and one of the most famous structures in Paris, located in the 8th arrondissement. The structure stands at Place Charles de Gaulle, also still called Place de l'Étoile, one of Paris' busiest traffic squares, at the western end of the Champs-Élysées, where 12 avenues, or avenues, converge.
Construction began in 1806, in honour of Napoleon's victory at Austerlitz. It was only around 1836, under King Louis Philippe, that construction was completed. Under the Arc de Triomphe, after World War I, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, who had died in that war, was constructed. The Arc de Triomphe was turned into a monument commemorating World War I.
The triumphal arch is about 50 m high and has a base of 45 m by 22 m. It is the fourth largest triumphal arch in the world, after that of Pyongyang in North Korea, the Monument to the Revolution in Mexico City and the Patuxai in Vientiane, Laos.
Photographed from the Eiffel Tower.
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