Situated at the western end of the Champs-Élysées, the towering Arc de Triomphe was commissioned by Napoléon to honor the Grande Armee during the Napoleonic Wars. The arch, which is the largest ...

The Arc de Triomphe stands as a symbol of national unity and the glory ... The architect, Chalgrin, had not made any plans for the ornamentation of the inside of the monument. It was in 1835 that the ...