The Arc de Triomphe on the Place de l`Ãâ°toile often called simply the Arc de Triomphe, the construction of which, decided by emperor Napoleon Ier, began in 1806 and ended in 1836 under Louis-Philippe, is situated in Paris, in the 8th district. He amounts in the center of the place Charles-de-Gaulle formerly Place de l`Ãâ°toile, in the axis and in the extremity West of the avenue of the Champs-Elysées, to 2,2 kilometers of the place de la Concorde. Top of 49,54 m, wide of 44,82 m and deep of 22,21 m, he is managed by the Center of monuments nationaux. The height of the big vault is 29,19 m and its width of 14,62 m. The small vault measures 18,68 m of top and 8,44 m of wide. The monument weighs 50 000 t, 100 000 t by taking into account the foundations which sink in 8,37 m of depth. The total cost of.
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