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Arc de Triomphe

The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, often simply called the Arc de Triomphe, is one of the most famous monuments in , France. It is located at the western end of the , at the centre of —formerly known as Place de l'Étoile—named for the star-shaped configuration formed by the convergence of twelve radiating avenues.
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  • Opening hours:
    April 2nd—January 31st: 10:00 AM—10:30 PM
    April 1st and September 30th: 10:00 AM—11:00 PM
    October 1st and December 31st: 10:00 AM—10:30 PM
    January 1st, May 1st, May 8th, July 14th, November 11th, and December 25th: closed
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: triumphal arch in Paris
  • Wheelchair access: no
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and Eiffel Tower.

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The holds an unidentified member of the French armed forces killed during the First World War, to symbolically commemorate all soldiers who have died for France throughout history.

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The is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the in , France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889. is situated 1½ km south of Arc de Triomphe.

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The Avenue des is an avenue in the , France. The avenue is 1.9 kilometres long and 70 metres wide, running between the in the east and the in the west, where the Arc de Triomphe is located. is situated 1 km southeast of Arc de Triomphe.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Porte Maillot and 8th arrondissement.

Locality
The is one of the access points into mentioned in 1860 and one of the ancient city gates in the Thiers wall.

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The of is home to the Avenue des Champs Elysées, which ends up at the Arc de Triomphe. The executive branch of French government is also based here, as well as the embassies of certain nations.

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is a locality.

Arc de Triomphe

Latitude
48.87378° or 48° 52′ 26″ north
Longitude
2.29504° or 2° 17′ 42″ east
Elevation
63 metres (207 feet)
Inception
July 29th, 1836
Levels
13
Height
50 metres (164 feet)
Operator
Centre des monuments nationaux
Open location code
8FW4V7FW+G2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 226413508
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
6269533
Wiki­data ID
Q64436
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Arc de Triomphe” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Arc de Triomphe”
  • Arabic: “قوس النصر باريس الشانزليزية”
  • Arabic: “قوس النصر، باريس”
  • Arabic: “قوس النصر”
  • Armenian: “Հաղթական կամար”
  • Armenian: “Հաղթանակի կամար”
  • Azerbaijani: “Arc de Triomphe”
  • Azerbaijani: “Zəfər tağı”
  • Balinese: “Arc de Triomphe”
  • Basque: “Arc de Triomphe de Paris”
  • Basque: “Parisko Garaipen Arkua”
  • Basque: “Parisko Garaipenaren Atea”
  • Belarusian: “Трыумфальная арка”
  • Belarusian: “Трыўмфальная арка”
  • Belarusian: “Трыюмфальная арка”
  • Bengali: “আর্ক দ্য ত্রিয়ম্‌ফ”
  • Bengali: “আর্ক দ্য ত্রিয়োম্‌ফ”
  • Bengali: “আর্ক দ্য ত্রিয়োম্‌ফ্‌”
  • Bosnian: “Arc de Triomphe”
  • Bosnian: “Trijumfalna kapija u Parizu”
  • Breton: “Arc de Triomphe (Pariz)”
  • Breton: “Bolz-enor Pariz”
  • Bulgarian: “Триумфална арка”
  • Bulgarian: “Триумфалната арка”
  • Catalan: “Arc de triomf de l’Étoile”
  • Catalan: “Arc de Triomf de l’Étoile”
  • Catalan: “Arc de Triomf de lÉtoile”
  • Catalan: “Arc de Triomf de París”
  • Catalan: “Arc de triomphe de l’Étoile”
  • Catalan: “Arc del Triomf de l’estrella”
  • Catalan: “Arc del Triomf de la plaça Estrella”
  • Cebuano: “Arc de Triomphe”
  • Chechen: “Сийлахь-толаме нартол (Париж)”
  • Chechen: “Сийлахь-толаме нартол”
  • Chinese: “Arc de triomphe de l’Étoile”
  • Chinese: “凯旋门”
  • Chinese: “凱旋門”
  • Chinese: “巴黎凯旋门”
  • Corsican: “Arc de Triomphe”
  • Corsican: “Arcu di trionfu di l’Étoile”
  • Corsican: “Arcu di trionfu”
  • Croatian: “Arc de Triomphe”
  • Croatian: “Slavoluk pobjede u Parizu”
  • Croatian: “Slavoluk pobjede”
  • Czech: “Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile”
  • Czech: “Vítězný oblouk”
  • Danish: “Triumfbuen”
  • Dutch: “Arc de Triomph”
  • Dutch: “Arc de Triomphe (Parijs)”
  • Dutch: “Arc de Triomphe”
  • Dutch: “L’Arc de Triomphe”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قوس النصر فى باريس”
  • Esperanto: “Arc de Triomphe”
  • Esperanto: “Triumfa Arko de Parizo”
  • Esperanto: “Triumfarko”
  • Estonian: “Arc de Triomphe”
  • Estonian: “Triumfikaar”
  • Finnish: “Arc de Triomphe”
  • Finnish: “Napoléonin riemukaari”
  • Finnish: “Napóleonin riemukaari”
  • Finnish: “Riemukaari”
  • French: “arc de l’Étoile”
  • French: “arc de triomphe de l’Etoile”
  • French: “arc de triomphe de l’Étoile”
  • French: “Arc de triomphe de l’Étoile”
  • French: “Arc de triomphe de lÉtoile”
  • French: “arc de Triomphe de Paris”
  • French: “arc de triomphe”
  • French: “l’arc de triomphe de l’Étoile”
  • French: “Barriere de L’Étoile” (historical)
  • French: “Barriere de Neuilly” (historical)
  • Galician: “Arco do Triunfo de París”
  • Georgian: “ვარსკვლავის ტრიუმფალური თაღი”
  • Georgian: “სატრიუმფო თაღი”
  • Georgian: “ტრიუმფალური თაღი”
  • German: “Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile”
  • German: “Arc de Triomphe”
  • German: “Pariser Triumphbogen”
  • German: “Triumphbogen”
  • Greek: “Αψίδα του Θριάμβου”
  • Hebrew: “שער הניצחון בפריז”
  • Hebrew: “שער הניצחון של פריז”
  • Hebrew: “שער הניצחון”
  • Hebrew: “שער הנצחון”
  • Hindi: “आर्क डी ट्रौम्फ़”
  • Hindi: “आर्क द ट्रिम्फ”
  • Hindi: “विजय स्मारक”
  • Hungarian: “Arc de Triomphe”
  • Icelandic: “Sigurboginn í París”
  • Icelandic: “Sigurboginn”
  • Ido: “Arko di Triumfo”
  • Ido: “Arko dil Triumfo”
  • Inari Sami: “Ávukevli”
  • Inari Sami: “Pariisi ávukevli”
  • Indonesian: “Arc de triomphe de l’Étoile”
  • Indonesian: “Arc de triomphe de lÉtoile”
  • Indonesian: “Arc de triomphe”
  • Indonesian: “L’Arc de Triomphe”
  • Irish: “Arc de Triomphe”
  • Italian: “Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile”
  • Italian: “Arc de Triomphe”
  • Italian: “Arco di trionfo dell’Étoile”
  • Italian: “Arco di Trionfo”
  • Japanese: “エトワール凱旋門”
  • Japanese: “凱旋門”
  • Javanese: “Arc de Triomphe”
  • Korean: “에투알 개선문”
  • Korean: “파리 개선문”
  • Korean: “프랑스 개선문”
  • Latin: “Arc de triomphe”
  • Latin: “Arcus triumphalis”
  • Latvian: “Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile”
  • Latvian: “Arc de Triomphe”
  • Latvian: “Parīzes triumfa arka”
  • Latvian: “Triumfa arka”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Arc de Triomphe de l’Etoile”
  • Lithuanian: “Paryžiaus Triumfo arka”
  • Lithuanian: “Triumfo arka”
  • Low German: “Arc de Triomphe”
  • Macedonian: “Триумфална порта”
  • Malay: “Arc de Triomphe”
  • Malay: “Gerbang Kemenangan Etoile”
  • Marathi: “आर्क दे त्रायाँ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Arc de triomphe de l’Étoile”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Arc de triomphe de lÉtoile”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Arc de Triomphe”
  • Mongolian: “Ялалтын хаалга (Парис)”
  • Mongolian: “Ялалтын хаалга”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “L’Arc de Triomphe”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Triumfbuen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Triumfbogen i Paris”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Triumfbogen”
  • Norwegian: “Triumfbuen”
  • Paiwan: “sinan drukudrukung simintu a paljing”
  • Persian: “تاق پیروزی”
  • Persian: “تاق نصرت پیروزی”
  • Persian: “تاق نصرت تریومف”
  • Persian: “تاق نصرت تریومفه”
  • Persian: “تاق نصرت”
  • Persian: “طاق پیروزی”
  • Persian: “طاق نصرت پیروزی”
  • Persian: “طاق نصرت”
  • Piemontese: “Arch ëd Trionf”
  • Polish: “Arc de Triomphe”
  • Polish: “L’Arc de Triomphe”
  • Polish: “Łuk Triumfalny w Paryżu”
  • Polish: “Łuk Triumfalny”
  • Polish: “Łuk Tryumfalny w Paryżu”
  • Portuguese: “Arc de triomphe”
  • Portuguese: “Arco do Triunfo”
  • Romanian: “Arc de Triomphe”
  • Romanian: “Arcul de Triumf din Paris”
  • Romanian: “Arcul de Triumf”
  • Russian: “Arc de Triomphe”
  • Russian: “Триумфальная арка”
  • Scots: “Arc de Triomphe”
  • Serbian: “Arc de Triomphe”
  • Serbian: “Тријумфална капија у Паризу”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Arc de Triomphe u Parizu”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Trijumfalna kapija u Parizu”
  • Slovak: “Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile”
  • Slovenian: “Arc de Triomphe”
  • Slovenian: “Slavolok zmage, Pariz”
  • Slovenian: “Slavolok zmage”
  • Spanish: “Arc de Triomphe”
  • Spanish: “Arco de Paris”
  • Spanish: “Arco de París”
  • Spanish: “Arco de triunfo de l’Etoile”
  • Spanish: “Arco de triunfo de l’Étoile”
  • Spanish: “Arco de Triunfo de Paris”
  • Spanish: “Arco de Triunfo de París”
  • Spanish: “Arco de Triunfo”
  • Spanish: “Arco del Triunfo de Francia”
  • Spanish: “Arco del Triunfo de Paris”
  • Spanish: “Arco del triunfo de París”
  • Swedish: “Arc de Triomphe”
  • Swedish: “Arc-de-Triomphe”
  • Swedish: “Triumfbågen i Paris”
  • Swedish: “Triumfbågen, Paris”
  • Swedish: “Triumfbågen”
  • Tagalog: “Arc de Triomphe”
  • Tamil: “ஆர்க் டே ரியோம்ப்”
  • Thai: “ประตูชัยฝรั่งเศส”
  • Thai: “อาร์กเดอทรียงฟ์เดอเลตวล”
  • Turkish: “Zafer Takı”
  • Ukrainian: “Паризька тріумфальна арка”
  • Ukrainian: “Тріумфальна арка”
  • Urdu: “فتح کی محراب”
  • Uzbek: “Arc de Triomphe”
  • Vietnamese: “Arc de Triomphe d’Paris”
  • Vietnamese: “Arc de Triomphe”
  • Vietnamese: “Khải hoàn môn Paris”
  • Vietnamese: “Khải Hoàn Môn”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Arc de Triomphe”
  • Welsh: “Arc de Triomphe”
  • Western Armenian: “Յաղթանակի կամար”
  • Western Frisian: “Arc de Triomphe”
  • Western Panjabi: “جت دی ڈاٹ”
  • Western Panjabi: “جت دی محراب”
  • Wu Chinese: “巴黎大凯旋门”
  • Yue Chinese: “凱旋門”

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