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    The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, often called simply the Arc de Triomphe, is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, France, standing at the western...
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    The following is a list of the 660 names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris. Most of them represent generals who served during the French First...
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    The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel (pronounced [aʁk də tʁijɔ̃f dy kaʁusɛl]) (English: Triumphal Arch of the Carousel) is a triumphal arch in Paris, located...
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    The following is a list of the 158 battles inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, which were fought by the French First Republic and the First French...
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    either side of the Place de l'Étoile until their demolition after 1859. Between 1806 and 1836, the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile was built to the design...
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  • York. Christo and Jeanne-Claude first thought of wrapping the Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile when he lived nearby in 1961. Actual planning began in 2018,...
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    Champs-Élysées to the Avenue de la Grande Armée, passing underneath the Place Charles de Gaulle and the Arc de Triomphe. It is around 400 metres long...
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    to wear under Nazi rule (French l’étoile jaune) and Place de l'Étoile, the traffic circle around the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. In French, the word 'place'...
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    Famous above all for the iconic sculpture La Marseillaise on the Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile, François Rude was born in Dijon on 4 January 1781, the son of...
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    Unknown Warrior France: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier beneath the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile United States: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National...
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    (Paris Aéroport) to Orly Airport, and line 2 to Charles de Gaulle Airport. Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile – thanks to the direct connection to the monument, the...
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    militaire de Paris) from 1 August 2007 until 2012, and is the current President of the Committee of the Flame under the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, the association...
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    Joseph Lagrange (soldier) (category Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe)
    General of Division. His name is inscribed on the west side of the arc de triomphe de l'Étoile. He later became a politician in Gers department – in its capital...
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    maudits de Dieu, marble, (1832–1839), Lyon, musée des Beaux-Arts La Résistance de 1814, stone, (1833–1837), Paris, arc de triomphe de l'Étoile, western...
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    running between the Place de la Concorde in the east and the Place Charles de Gaulle in the west, where the Arc de Triomphe is located. It is known for...
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    Modern Art. The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile is one of the most famous monuments in Paris. It stands in the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle (originally...
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    Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile nearby was designed in the same year, but it took thirty years to build, and it is about twice as massive. Arnaud II de la...
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    engraved on the south side (21st column) of the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile in Paris. "Recherche - Base de données Léonore". www.leonore.archives-nationales...
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    Versailles, châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon The Navy, allegorical figure, Paris, Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, under the arc de triomphe, north spandrel...
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    military successes, e.g., the Arch of Constantine in Rome and Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile in Paris. War memorials, e.g., the Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington...
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    Wagram to the Place Charles de Gaulle (formerly Place de l'Étoile, and the site of the Arc de Triomphe). It is 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) long and 36 metres...
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    the Axe historique. View from the Tuileries towards the Arc de Triomphe. The Arc de Triomphe from La Défense 5 km (3 mi) away, showing how precisely the...
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    Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (France) (category Arc de Triomphe)
    for France throughout history. It was installed in Paris under the Arc de Triomphe on 11 November 1920, simultaneously with the interment of a British...
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  • instagram.com. Retrieved 7 July 2024. "𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 ! From Arc de triomphe de l'Étoile Monument to Simpang Lima Gumul Monument ! 🔥 Ousmane Fane is...
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    and continues along the Champs-Élysées, well beyond the Arc de Triomphe along the Avenue de la Grande Armée before culminating at La Défense. The district...
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    Nationale Place Charles de Gaulle, historically known as the Place de l'Étoile, the name of the large plaza around the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. It is frequently...
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    by the Avenue Charles-de-Gaulle as far as Neuilly-sur-Seine, towards la Défense. The tunnel de l'Étoile under the Arc de Triomphe directly links the avenue...
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    Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine (category Prix de Rome for architecture)
    the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile and passing through the Tuileries garden. Fontaine and Percier also pierced the first, western part of the rue de Rivoli...
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    built in central Paris. Under his administration, the Arc de Triomphe in the Place de l'Étoile was finished, and the building of the great avenue of the...
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    designed for the occasion. The new President then goes to the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, escorted by the cavalry regiment of the Republican Guard and...
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