Arc de Triomphe, Arch de Triomphe, street level view from Avenue des Champs-Elysees with a crowd of tourists

---

The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, often called simply the Arc de Triomphe, is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, France, standing at the western end of the Champs-Élysées at the centre of Place Charles de Gaulle, formerly named Place de l'Étoile—the étoile or "star" of the juncture formed by its twelve radiating avenues. The location of the arc and the plaza is shared between three arrondissements, 16th (south and west), 17th (north), and 8th (east). The Arc de Triomphe honours those who fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, with the names of all French victories and generals inscribed on its inner and outer surfaces. Beneath its vault lies the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from World War I.

---

Size: 3008px × 2000px
Location: Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, Paris, France, Europe
Photo credit: © Rubens Alarcon / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: arc, arc-de-triomphe, arch, architectural, architecture, attraction, avenue, building, cars, chalgrin, champs, champs-elysees, charles, cityscape, daytime, de, des, destination, elysees, etoile, european, france, front, frontal, gaulle, historical, huyot, jean, jean-nicolas, larc, letoile, memorial, monument, national, neoclassical, neoclassicism, paris, parisian, place, roundabout, style, tourists, triomphe, triumph, triumphal, urban, étoile