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Arc de Triomphe
French words:
Arc de Triomphe
alternative words: Arch of triumph, Triumph arch
keywords:
paris
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tourist resort
related topics:
Louvre museum
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Champs Elysees
related web sites:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arc_de_Triomphe
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http://www.insecula.com/musee/M0107.html
explanation: Commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1806 after the victory of Austerlitz, imitating a Roman custom, it was achieved only in the reign of Louis Philippe in 1836. A rotary, "Place de l'Etoile", where it is located, was planed by Haussman in 1854, and corresponds to the west end of a historical axis which runs from Louvre through Champs Elysee. The monument rises to 50m high with 4 columns, each of which is sculptured a French military epic. It also shelters a tomb of the French unknown solders of WWI.
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Japanese version
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