This Arch lies in the centre where 12 avenues converged to form the shape of a star. This 50 m tall Arc was built by Napoleon in 1805 (but construction was completed only in 1836) in honour of the soldiers who died in the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars.
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
On 11th November 1920 the body of the Unknown Soldier was placed beneath the Arch to commemorate the dead of World War I. The tomb's eternal flame is lit every evening at 6.30. I remember the flame was still burning the morning we were there.
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