Address: Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France
Construction started: August 15, 1806
Opened: 1836
Architectural style: Neoclassical architecture
Height: 164' (50 m)
Owner: Centre des monuments nationaux
Architects: Jean Chalgrin, Guillaume-Abel Blouet, Jean-Nicolas Huyot, Jean-Arnaud Raymond, Louis-Robert Goust
The construction was ordered by Napoleon , The french Emperor. Napoleon wanted to honor the french army at the time.The Arc de Triomphe costed 9.3 millions French francs, a gigantic amount of money at that time The construction of Arc de Triomphe was completed in 1836, was long after Napoleon's death in 1821.
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