Arc de Triomphe

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The Arc de Triomphe, in the end of the Champs-Elysées, is a very famous monument in Paris.

It was commissioned in 1806 after the victory at Austerlitz by Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte. It is a large arc, and even though it may be thought by some people that you can drive underneath it, you cannot. It was designed by Jean-Francois Chalgrin and has roughly 300 steps!