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visits! Valid at 60 Museums and Monuments. There are 2 and 4 day passes.
Buy them online and have them delivered to you at home before you arrive
in Paris, or to your hotel in the City.
Arc de Triomphe
Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris
Charles de Gaulle-Etoile
Charles de Gaulle-Etoile
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Practical Information Nota Bene: The Arch is most easily (and safely) reached by tunnel from
the north side of the Champs Elysées.
31F (adult) to visit the top.
History
Commissioned in 1806 by Napoleon, shortly after his victory at Austerlitz, it was not finished until 1836.
There are four huge relief sculptures at the bases of the four pillars. These
commemorate
The Triumph of 1810 (Cortot);
Resistance , and Peace (both by Etex); and
The Departure of the Volunteers, more commonly known by the name
La Marseillaise (Rude).
La Marseillaise
by François Rude;
One of four reliefs on the pillars of the Arch.
The day the Battle of Verdun started in 1916, the sword carried by the
figure representing the Republic broke off. The relief was immediately
hidden to conceal the accident and avoid any undesired associations
or interpretations as a bad omen.
Engraved around the top of the Arch are the names of major victories
won during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods. The names of
less important victories, as well as those of 558 generals, are to found
on the inside walls. Generals whose names are underlined died in action.
Beneath the Arch is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and eternal flame commemorating
the dead of the two world wars.
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Here every Armistice Day
(11 November) the President of the Republic lays a wreath.
On 14 July - the French National Day (refered to as Bastille Day everywhere except
in France) - a military parade down the Champs Elysées begins here.
For important occasions of state, and national holidays, a huge French tricolor
is unfurled and hung from the vaulted ceiling inside of the Arch.
Notes
Inside the Arch there is a small museum documenting its history and construction
(price included in the FF31 to the top of the Arch).
Museum Passes
Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris
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