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Arc de triomphe de l'Étoile. Flickr. Retrieved on 2019-11-06.; uploaded by Paris 16, 17 September 2019: Other versions: aerial view . 3D model . image . nighttime view .
The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, [a] often called simply the Arc de Triomphe, is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, France, standing at the western end of the Champs-Élysées at the centre of Place Charles de Gaulle, formerly named Place de l'Étoile—the étoile or "star" of the juncture formed by its twelve radiating avenues.
The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, which can be seen on the right of this painting, was originally erected as a gateway of the Tuileries palace. Designed by Charles Percier and Pierre François Léonard Fontaine , the arch was built between 1806 and 1808 by the Emperor Napoleon I , on the model of the Arch of Constantine (312 AD) in Rome , as a ...
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