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    48.8706114694°N 2.3050355194°E / 48.8706114694; 2.3050355194 The Axe historique (French: [aks istɔʁik]; "historical axis") refers to a straightly aligned...
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    central axis from the west palace façade, which has been extended as the Axe historique. This straight line which runs through the Place de la Concorde and...
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    RER station retains the designation Charles de Gaulle–Étoile. Paris's Axe historique ("historical axis") cuts through the Arc de Triomphe, which stands at...
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    Unknown Soldier from World War I. The central cohesive element of the Axe historique (historic axis, a sequence of monuments and grand thoroughfares on a...
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    location of the Arc de Triomphe. The Champs-Élysées forms part of the Axe historique. The lower part of the Champs-Élysées, from the Place de la Concorde...
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    Grande Arche (category Monuments historiques of Île-de-France)
    French Revolution. It completed the line of monuments that forms the Axe historique running through Paris. The Grande Arche is turned at an angle of 6.33°...
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    located at the westernmost extremity of the 10-kilometre-long (6.2 mi) Axe historique ("historical axis") of Paris, which starts at the Louvre in Central...
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    Egypt. The Luxor Obelisk in Paris was classified officially as a monument historique in 1936. The Luxor Temple predated Ramesses II by about 150 years. During...
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    tower (正阳门门楼) Zhengyangmen archery tower (正阳门箭楼) Yongdingmen (永定门) Axe historique – a similar axis in Paris. ""北京中轴线——中国理想都城秩序的杰作"成功列入《世界遗产名录》". 2024-07-27...
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    vista, which later became the Avenue des Champs-Élysées within the Axe historique. André Le Nôtre was born in Paris, into a family of gardeners. Pierre...
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    1833. The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel is at the eastern end of Paris Axe historique ("historic axis"), a nine-kilometre-long linear route which dominates...
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    Besançon Cathedral "Ouest-France", "Le Sacré-Coeur à Paris classé monument historique", October 12, 2022 "Sacre Coeur". Exploring the Beauty and History of...
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    Dictionnaire historique de Paris, p. 478 Dictionnaire historique de Paris, (2013), La Pochothèque, (ISBN 978-2-253-13140-3) Dictionnaire historique de Paris...
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    central esplanade the Arc de Triomphe can be seen further down the Axe historique. Until May 2004, this part of La Défense hosted an information centre...
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    later, Napoleon III's nouveau Louvre became the eastern end of Paris's axe historique centered on the Champs-Élysées. The project was initially intended for...
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    Artistique Sornas. Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, at the eastern end of the Axe historique ("historical axis") Bank of France headquarters Colonne Médicis Comédie-Française...
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    Eiffel Tower (category Monuments historiques of Paris)
    6.91 million people ascended it in 2015. It was designated a monument historique in 1964, and was named part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site ("Paris, Banks...
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