Arc de Triomphe
Aerial view
Regarding the location, the Arc de Triomphe is located in the Place de l'Étoile (Star Square), and is named for the twelve avenues that converge in the square, and between them form a vertex of the star drawn around the Arch. One of these avenues is known throughout the world and is that of the Champs Elysees. Its size is noted, with 50 meters high and a base of 45 by 22 meters, makes it the third largest Arc de Triomphe in the world.
A little history
This great monument was ordered to be built by Napoleon Bonaparte after his victory at the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805, when he promised his men: "You will return home under triumphal arches." Initially Napoleon wished that it be built in the Place de la Bastille, east of Paris, which was where the armies were to return from the war. It was designed by Jean Chalgrin and Jean-Arnaud Raymond, who were inspired by the Arch of Titus of Rome, The construction of the Arc de Triomphe was completed in 1836, fifteen years after the death of Napoleon, unable to see it finished but in the end he could Pass under his Arch in 1940, when the remains of his body was transferred to the Palace of the Invalides, where you can visit his tomb.
It is important to note that instead of the construction of the Arc de Triomphe, a giant elephant should be built. The French architect Charles Ribart proposed a three-level elephant-shaped building, everything was ready ready and others to start building, but the French government ended up denying his request for its construction.
Inside, outside and base of the Arc de Triomphe
Fuente vista aérea
On the outer walls as a way of commemoration are engraved the names of revolutionaries of the time of the war, as well as the victories of Napoleon I. On the interior walls are inscribed the names of the 558 Generals of the French Empire.
It has a statue on each of its four pillars and each one has a meaning: Le Triomphe (The Triumph), La Résistance (The Resistance), La Paix (the Peace) and La Marseillaise (La Marseillaise).
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Like all sites that lived history keeps data curious and the monument does not escape it: A few weeks after the end of the First World War, Charles Godefroy flew his fighter Nieuport through the Arch to honor all the aviators killed in the war and even in video I am documented:
