Above: Detail on the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, Le passage du pont d'Arcole (The Battle of Arcole, 1796), by Jean-Jacques Feuchère.
Above: Plaque commemorating the sacrifices of French soldiers and citizens during World War II.
1 to 4 show the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, two of the four large wall sculptures, La Paix de 1815 (#2) and La Résistance de 1814 (#3),
both these by Antoine Étex, and also ceiling carvings.
5 and 6 are views along the Avenue des Champs-Élysées.
7 and 8 show the Panthéon, originally built by the Louis XV to be a church dedicated to St. Genevieve, but after the French Revolution it became
a monument and burial location for prominent French citizens.
9 shows the church beside the Panthéon.
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