Arc de Triomphe

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The Arc de Triomphe is a monumental triumphal arch in Paris that honors those who fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and serves as one of the city’s most iconic landmarks.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf monument
tourist attraction
triumphal arch
war memorial
architect Jean-Arnaud Raymond
Jean-François-Thérèse Chalgrin
associatedWithEvent Armistice Day commemorations
annual Bastille Day military parade
commemoratesEvent French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
commissionedBy Napoleon Bonaparte
surface form: Napoleon I
constructionEndDate 1836
constructionStartDate 1806
coordinates 48.8738° N, 2.2950° E
country France
dedicatedTo French Revolutionary Wars soldiers
Napoleonic Wars soldiers
depth about 22 m
eternalFlameInstalled 1923
featuredOn French postage stamps
hasFeature Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
eternal flame
hasInscription names of French generals
names of French victories
hasSculpturalGroup La Marseillaise
surface form: La Marseillaise (Le Départ de 1792)

Treaty of Paris (1815)
surface form: La Paix de 1815

Le Triomphe de 1810
surface form: La Résistance de 1814

Le Triomphe de 1810
hasViewingPlatform rooftop terrace
height about 50 m
inaugurationDate 1836-07-29
locatedAtEndOf Champs-Élysées
locatedIn Paris
locatedOn Place Charles-de-Gaulle
managedBy Centre des monuments nationaux
materialUsed Lutetian limestone
ownedBy Government of France
surface form: French state
partOf Axe historique of Paris
sculptor Antoine Étex
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
surface form: François Rude

Jean-Pierre Cortot
style Neoclassical architecture
symbolizes French national pride
military glory of France
tombDedicatedTo Tomb of the Unknown Warrior
surface form: Unknown Soldier of World War I
UNESCOStatus part of Paris, Banks of the Seine World Heritage Site
usedFor military parades
national ceremonies
visitorAccess pedestrian underpass
width about 45 m

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Line 1 (automated) connectsLandmark Arc de Triomphe
subject surface form: Line 1 (Paris Métro)
Dugommier honouredIn Arc de Triomphe
this entity surface form: Arc de Triomphe, Paris
Dugommier nameInscribedOn Arc de Triomphe
Axe de la Défense connectsWith Arc de Triomphe
Axe de la Défense hasViewOf Arc de Triomphe
Grand Bassin Octogonal hasViewOf Arc de Triomphe
this entity surface form: Arc de Triomphe (distant view)
Patuxai inspiredBy Arc de Triomphe
La Résistance de 1814 location Arc de Triomphe
Paris skyline hasLandmark Arc de Triomphe
Jean-François-Thérèse notableWork Arc de Triomphe
subject surface form: Jean-François-Thérèse Chalgrin
Jean-François-Thérèse designed Arc de Triomphe
subject surface form: Jean-François-Thérèse Chalgrin
Chalgrin notableWork Arc de Triomphe
subject surface form: Jean-François-Thérèse Chalgrin
Avenue Marceau near Arc de Triomphe
Arch of Triumph placeInTitle Arc de Triomphe
Arch of Triumph originalTitle Arc de Triomphe
Arc de Triomphe pedestrian underpasses associatedWith Arc de Triomphe
this entity surface form: Arc de Triomphe monument
Charles de Gaulle – Étoile nearby Arc de Triomphe
Avenue Victor-Hugo near Arc de Triomphe
Avenue Foch terminusNear Arc de Triomphe
Avenue des Ternes near Arc de Triomphe
Avenue Carnot radiatesFrom Arc de Triomphe
Avenue Carnot hasViewOf Arc de Triomphe
Avenue Mac-Mahon radiatesFrom Arc de Triomphe
Avenue Mac-Mahon hasViewOf Arc de Triomphe
Avenue de Wagram radiatesFrom Arc de Triomphe
Avenue de Wagram isRadialFrom Arc de Triomphe
Avenue Hoche near Arc de Triomphe
Place des Ternes near Arc de Triomphe
Ternes near Arc de Triomphe