Important Facts and Information:

    - Construction was ordered in 1806 by Napoleon in order to honor the Grande Armee. Construction was completed in 1836.
    - The names of 128 battles of the first French Republic and Napoleon's Empire are written under the vault.
    - At the top of the Arc de Triomphe there are thirty shields. Each of these shields represents one of Napoleon's greatest victories.
    - The body of the unknown soldier was buried under the Arc in 1920. He represents the 1,500,000 French soldiers who dies during World War I.


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Eiffel Tower
Notre Dame
Sacré Coeur

Tomb of the unknown soldier