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very nice monument. i reccomend to be here for 14 of July to watch the parade
Inspired by Rome's Arch of Titus, this colossal, 164-foot triumphal arch was planned by Napoleon -- who liked to consider himself the heir to the Roman emperors -- to celebrate his military successes. Unfortunately, Napoleon's strategic and architectural visions were not entirely on the same …
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Once just a village that settled on the "Ile de la Cite" (City Island) on the confluence of the Seine's two branches, Paris has vastly expanded over the centuries, taking the surrounding villages under its wing and making them its own. Nowadays the City of Light—a name Paris earned during the …