Trionfo nel tempo: il biglietto d'ingresso all'Arco di Trionfo vi aspetta!
Salite sul maestoso Arco di Trionfo e fermatevi dove è stata fatta la storia. Questo iconico monumento parigino commemora le vittorie francesi e onora i soldati caduti. Il biglietto d'ingresso all'Arco di Trionfo apre un affascinante viaggio nel tempo.
Ecco cosa vi aspetta:
- Salita trionfale: Salite la grande scalinata
- Vista panoramica: Vedute mozzafiato degli Champs-Élysées, della Torre Eiffel in lontananza e del vivace paesaggio parigino.
- Storia incisa: Esplorate gli intricati intagli e le sculture che raffigurano momenti chiave della storia militare francese.
- Fiamma eterna: Rendete omaggio alla Fiamma Eterna, che arde ininterrottamente dal 1920 per onorare i soldati sconosciuti.
We did not visit the interior, but what a monument! gorgeous ! It's a passage that you absolutely have to do when you come to Paris
The Arc de Triomphe is a visible reminder of the victories of the Great Army, reminiscent of the names of streets and squares in Paris - Austerlitz, Friedland, Jena. Napoleon gave the order to build the Arc de Triomphe in 1806 at the peak of these victories. However, the disaster in Russia in 1812 and subsequent defeats in Europe postponed construction. In 1836, after 30 years of construction and 10 million francs of expenses, the arch was opened. Napoleon himself did not see the completion of construction, but he still drove under the arch. His ashes from the island of St. Helena were taken on a carriage under the arch to be buried in the Invalids' home in 1840. Few people are awarded such an honor later. Thiers, Gambetta, Victor Hugo, Lazare Carnot, MacMahon, generals of the First World War Foch, Joffre, and the Second World War Leclerc, Latre de Tassigny. All for real military or civilian victories. With the exception of the "bloody dwarf" Thiers, who, together with the Prussian occupiers, drowned the Paris commune in blood. An unknown soldier was buried near the arch in 1920. The grave of the unknown soldier now has an independent value and is a place of military rituals, one of which we witnessed. I was struck by the bureaucratic sophistication of the procedure, which loses its original meaning...
Amazing view of Paris and the Eiffel Tower from the top of the arc. We entered before sunset and stayed till after sunset to get a view of the city when it is light and when it was dark. Unfortunately it was very cloudy so we couldn’t see the sunset and it was also very cold and windy but that didn’t stop us from enjoying the view of the lit up Eiffel Tower and traffic moving below us. We stayed until on the hour after sunset to see the Eiffel Tower light up, withstanding the cold wind and rain to keep our good viewing spot. It’s nice to see the on the hour viewing spot but maybe not worth waiting up there for almost an hour (like us) in the cold wind and rain (due to being high up) as you can see the light show from the ground from many areas in Paris.