Arc de Triomphe / Champs-Elysees

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Arc de Triomphe / Champs-Elysees

• France/Spain Miniterm 2006
• May Liu

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Arc de Triomphe

• Commissioned by Napoleon in 1806 as tribute to
  French Army
• Finished in 1836
• Chalgrin was architect, but finished by Joust
• To reach the viewing platform, you have to climb
  260 steps up a spiral staircase

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Tribute to French Army

• Napoleon wanted nation to remember not only him,
  but the victories of his armies
• Engraved around top are names of major victories
  won in Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras

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Arc de Triomphe

• 164 feet high, 148 feet long and 72 feet wide
• Stands at the end of the Avenue des Champs
  Élysées
• In the center of the Place de l'Étoile, formed by
  the intersection of 12 radiating streets

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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

• Arch stands over remains of unknown soldier of
  WWI
• Every Armistice Day (Nov. 11th), the president of
  the Republic lays a wreath

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The View of Paris
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Parade

• Every French National Day (July 14th), a military
  parade down the Champs Elysees begins here

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Champs-Elysees

• Originally nothing more than some fields
• In 1616 Marie de Medicis decided to put up a
  long tree-lined pathway
• Today has cinemas, cafes, clubs, shops, food, and
  much more

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Elysian Fields
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East side, West side

• West side Arc de Triomphe

• East side Place de Concorde

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Champs-Elysees
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References

• http//www.discover-paris.info/sightseeing_arc.htm
  
• http//www.paris.org/Monuments/Arc/
• http//www.bluffton.edu/sullivanm/arctriomphe/arc
  .html
• http//www.terrace.qld.edu.au/academic/lote/french
  /icoarc.htm
• http//www.pps.org/gps/one?public_place_id105
• http//www.usma.edu/publicaffairs/PV/020719/Bastil
  leDay.htm
• http//www.defenselink.mil/photos/Jun2001/010527-F
  -0378B-006.html
• http//www.atkielski.com/inlink.php?/PhotoGallery/
  Paris/General/UnknownSoldierLarge.html
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champs-C389lysC3A
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