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Arc de Triomphe

Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile
Built: 1806 - 1836
Status: in use
Address: Place Charles de Gaulle
Location: 8th arrondissment, Paris, Ile de France, France
Arc de Triomphe, Paris
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Structural Type:
Arch
Function / usage:
Triumphal / monumental arch

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Architect Abel Blouet
  Jean-François-Thérèse Chalgrin
  L. Goust
  Jean-Nicolas Huyot
  Jean-Arnaud Raymond

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
building structure  stone
Dimensions
  width 45 m
  height 50 m
  thickness 22 m

Chronology
15 August 1806
First stone is laid.
March 1809
The project presented by Jean-François Chalgrin is approved.
1814- 1826
Construction is interrupted.
29 July 1836
Inauguration by Louis-Philippe, King of France.
11 November 1920
An unknown soldier, who died in World War I is entombed at the feet of the Arc de Triomphe.

Relevant Web Sites
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External LinkChemins de mémoire: Arc de triomphe (75) French
External LinkDiscover France! Arc de Triomphe English
External Linkinsecula: Arc de Triomphe French
External LinkMairie de Paris: Arc de Triomphe French
External LinkMairie de Paris: Arc de Triomphe English
External LinkMinistère de la Culture: Célébrations nationales 2006: Débuts de la construction de la colonne Vendôme et de l'Arc de triomphe de l'Étoile French
External LinkMonum: Arc de Triomphe English
External LinkMonum: Arc de Triomphe French
External LinkPersée: Le chantier de l'arc de triomphe de l'Étoile à travers le fonds Jules-Denis Thierry de la bibliothèque historique de la Ville de Paris French
External LinkThe Arc de Triomphe, Place de l'Étoile (Mary Ann Sullivan) English

Relevant Literature
* Le 16e Chaillot - Passy - Auteuil (1st edition), Délégation à l'Action Artistique de la Ville de Paris, Paris (France) , ISBN 2-905118-39-3, 1991; pp. 120-127.
* Chastel, André   L'art français (tome 4), Flammarion, Paris (France) , ISBN 2080102036, 1996.
* Dupavillon, Christian   Le Triomphe des Arcs, Découvertes Gallimard, Paris (France) , ISBN 2070530817, 1989; pp. 64-73.
* Fernandes, Dominique   L'arc de triomphe de l'Etoile, Monum. Editions du Patrimoine, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858222029, 2004.
* Fernandes, Dominique   L'arc de triomphe de l'Etoile (English), Monum. Editions du Patrimoine, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858223475, 2004.
* Fernandes, Dominique   L'arc de triomphe de l'Etoile (Japanese), Monum. Editions du Patrimoine, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858223483, 2004.
* Pérouse de Montclos, Jean-Marie   Le guide du Patrimoine: Paris, Ministère de la Culture - Hachette, Paris (France) , ISBN 2010168127, 1994.
* Rouge, Isabelle   L'Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile, in Art ou politique? ; pp. 122-126.
* Rouge, Isabelle   L'Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile, in Art ou politique? ; pp. 99-105.
* Szambien, Werner   La construction de l'Arc de triomphe de l'Etoile, in Les traversées de Paris ; pp. 96-100.
* Zanker, Philippe   Mise en oeuvre de tirants actifs dans les superstructures de l'Arc de Triomphe à Paris, presented at La Technique Française du Béton, XIe Congrès de la FIP Hambourg 1990.

 
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