Jumat, 12 November 2010

Arc de Triomphe Gate


Paris - The city of Paris, France is the city with monuments of the most widely known.In addition to the Eiffel Tower or the Louvre Pyramid, Paris, people would remember if you saw the Arc de Triomphe monument.

Arc de Triomphe monument in the form of a big gate facing the street Champs Elysees. 
Both seemed to be a couple sights that must be visited by tourists. If you visit the Arc de Triomphe, all also enjoy the atmosphere of the streets of the Champs Elysees.

Arc de Triomphe can be interpreted as the 'Gate of Victory'. 
Is the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in 1806, ordered the construction of a monument to celebrate the French victory in the war in Europe.


An underground tunnel built from the Champs Elysees translucent roadside beside the monument. Morning is the right ambience for visiting the Arc de Triomphe before around Paris.

If you see the Arc de Triomphe up close, the walls are adorned with the names of the generals of Napoleon's troops. This monument was adorned with many beautiful ornaments. Arc de Triomphe standing with size 45 x 22 meters and 49.5 meters high.

However, the Arc de Triomphe is not only a monument to past wars. The monument is both a war memorial to French soldiers who died in World War II, Indochina War and the Korean War. An eternal flame lit right under the arch of the Arc de Triomphe to commemorate the heroes without names.

Tourists can also climb the 284 stairs to the top of the monument to see the sights around the Champs Elysees. But they must spend 9 euros, or about Rp 135 thousand. 




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