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 La Defense from the Arc de
Triomphe, Paris by jrs1234
The view in the picture is the one looking towards La Defense - with the "Grand Arche" in the distant centre. From the Arc de Triomphe the road system fans out like spokes in a wheel - making you feel right at the centre of things. You also are right in the line of the many monuments that run all the way from the Louvre to La Defense.
Other great views can be found at Sacre-Cour, from the top floors of the major department stores (for free) and from the Eiffel Tower and the top of Notre Dame (both of which you have to pay for.
Getting to the top of the Arc de Triomphe is 7 euros for adults (free if you've already got a museum card). It's open daily except public holidays from 10am until 11pm (10.30pm in winter). I've only tried the daytime view so far - given the great lighting of Paris after dark, I should give the nightime a go on my next trip... Leave a Comment
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 by themagiclake
I am sure there's not a charmest place then that to have the most wonderful lunch with you..
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 me and Ms eiffel by Carmela71
Even if that day was particulary not good for views, we got to enjoy some of the best ones Leave a Comment
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 me and La Defense at the back by Carmela71
I gave it top 1 for my next visit.
"There is no limit to Paris"
Said by Victor Hugo at Les Miserables (Chapter 157) Leave a Comment
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 by kiwi78
The food. Oh the food.....hmmmm
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 by Vicbluejewel
Then if you like Architecture, you have to stop by the Cathedrale of Notre-Dame !!!
Riverwalk of the Seine, Promenade in Montmartre. Top of the Eiffel Tower, Triumph Arc, Grande Arche, Montparnasse Tower, The Champs Elysées and Pigalle by night... Leave a Comment
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 by Sharrie
This is my friend Jenny & me in front of the statues glorifying Napoleon's Triumph after the Peace of 1810.
You'd have thought it was our glory, won't you? :-))) Leave a Comment
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 by Sharrie
1806: Napoleon ordered the construction of this triumphal arch in honor of his glorious armies after the Battle of the Three Emperors at Austerlitz.
Architect: Jean-Francois Chalgrin (1739-1811).
1836: Completion of Arch.
1840: Napoleon's mortal remains brought home through the completed Arc de Triomphe.
1885: Hearse bearing Victor Hugo's coffin stood beneath the arch for 2 full days.
1921: An unknown French soldier (symbolising the 1,390,000 who perished during World War I) laid to rest beneath the arch.
Not a fond memory... more somber than anything.
The Tombeau du Soldat Inconnu (Tomb of the Unknown Soldier): 1st memorial of its kind in the world. Leave a Comment
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 by Sharrie
Who hasn't? :-)
ARC DE TRIOMPHE: Situated at the hub of Haussmann's web of 12 avenues & is the ultimate symbol of Napoleon's military pretensions and might.
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821): His 14-year reign (1800-1814) changed the Parisian skyline and his military campaigns made Paris capital of the greatest European empire since Charlemagne. Leave a Comment
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 Arc de Triumph view by CandSLeave a Comment
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