Place Charles de Gaulle | plaza, Paris, France (original) (raw)

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Arc de Triomphe

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  In Arc de Triomphe
  …at the center of the Place Charles de Gaulle (formerly called the Place de l’Étoile), the western terminus of the avenue des Champs-Élysées; just over 1.2 miles (2 km) away, at the eastern terminus, is the Place de la Concorde. Napoleon I commissioned the triumphal arch in 1806—after his great…
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feature of Paris

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  In Paris: The Triumphal Way
  …when it was renamed Place Charles de Gaulle. In the centre of the place is the Arc de Triomphe, commissioned by Napoleon I in 1806. It is twice as high and twice as wide as the Arch of Constantine, in Rome, which inspired it. Jean Chalgrin was the architect, and…
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