Arc de Triomphe
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The Arc de Triomphe is 50 meters (164 feet) high, 45 meters (148 feet) wide, with massive high reliefs. Napoleon's original intention was for a triumphal way to extend from the Arc de Triomphe, past Le Louvre, place de la Bastille, to place de la Nation. Construction, abandoned during the Restauration, was finally
completed between 1832 and 1836 under Louis-Philippe. In 1840, the chariot bearing the body of Napoleon passed beneath the Arch. Since 1920, the body of the unknown soldier from WWI, taken from Verdun in Lorraine, has been interred beneath the Arch. The flame of remembrance is rekindled each evening at 6.30 pm.
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