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  2. Arc de Triomphe - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel - Wikipedia

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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 in the Place du Carrousel. It is an example of Neoclassical architecture in the Corinthian order . [ 1 ]

  4. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (France) - Wikipedia

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    The body was transported by train to Paris at the Panthéon, where the President of the Republic, Alexandre Millerand, delivered an address. [15] Safeguarded all night at Place Denfert-Rochereau, the coffin made a solemn entrance under the Arc de Triomphe on Armistice Day, 11 November 1920.

  5. Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Wikipedia

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    The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (French pronunciation: [pʁi də laʁk də tʁijɔ̃f]) is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Longchamp Racecourse in Paris, France, over a distance of 2,400 metres (about 1½ miles) and scheduled to take place each year, usually on the first Sunday in ...

  6. Grande Arche - Wikipedia

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    Grande Arche at night. A great national design competition was launched in 1982 as the initiative of French president François Mitterrand. Danish architect Johan Otto von Spreckelsen (1929–1987) and Danish engineer Erik Reitzel (1941–2012) designed the winning entry to be a late-20th-century version of the Arc de Triomphe: a monument to humanity and humanitarian ideals rather than ...

  7. Axe historique - Wikipedia

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    The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, the obelisk of the Place de la Concorde, the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, and the Grande Arche of La Défense, on the same perspective. The Axe historique ( French: [aks istɔʁik] ; "historical axis") refers to a straightly aligned series of thoroughfare streets, squares, monuments and buildings that extend ...

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