The Arc de Triomphe on the Place de l`Étoile - Seen from a distance - France

The Arc de Triomphe on the Place de l`Étoile often called simply the Arc de Triomphe, the construction of which, decided by emperor Napoleon Ier, began in 1806 and ended in 1836 under Louis-Philippe, is situated in Paris, in the 8th district. He amounts in the center of the place Charles-de-Gaulle formerly Place de l`Étoile, in the axis and in the extremity West of the avenue of the Champs-Elysées, to 2,2 kilometers of the place de la Concorde. Top of 49,54 m, wide of 44,82 m and deep of 22,21 m, he is managed by the Center of monuments nationaux. The height of the big vault is 29,19 m and its width of 14,62 m. The small vault measures 18,68 m of top and 8,44 m of wide. The monument weighs 50 000 t, 100 000 t by taking into account the foundations which sink in 8,37 m of depth. The total cost of. The Place de l`Étoile trains forms an enormous traffic circle of twelve avenues drilled in the XIXth century at the instigation of the baron Haussmann, then the prefect of the department of the Seine. These avenues `shine` star around the placesquare, in particular the avenue Kléber, the avenue of the Big-armed, the avenue of Wagram and, most known, the avenue of the Champs-Elysées there. Pavements of different colors draw on the ground of the place square two stars points of which arrive for the one in the middle of avenues, for the other one between avenues. Grip Taking of view sight outside, without character and of day.

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