Yes, there is a pedestrian passageway (hopefully) from the upper end of the Champs-Elysees avenue, and from the "avenue de la Grande Armée" located on the opposite side, leading underground to the Arc.
The road around the Arc de Triomphe is considered a normal road regarding traffic and insurance regulations. If a driver has a valid insurance on a French countryside road, it is valid there too.
No famous artist is buried under the Arc de Triomphe. The tomb at the bottom is the place where the Unknown Soldier was buried after WWI.
It is located beneath the Arc de Triomphe at Charles de Gaulle/Etoile.
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The correct spelling in both English and French is Arc de Triomphe.
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They visit the Arc de Triomphe because it is in the heart of Paris.
The Arc de Triomphe is in Roman style, but was not built by the Romans.
The Arc de Triomphe is kind of white with a very light golden hue.
The 'Tombeau du Soldat Inconnu' (or the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier), with its Eternal Flame, is underneath the Arc de Triomphe.
No, Napoleon gave orders to build the Arc, his coffin was carried back through the Arc with an attendance of 400,000 people in 1840, but his coffin is at the Invalids. Under the Arc is the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Charles Godefroy flew under the Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile on 7 August 1919: picture on http://www.histoire-image.org/site/oeuvre/analyse.php?liste_analyse=260 The feat was not repeated until Oct. 1981 when Alain Marchand passed under the Arc de Triomphe; he was fined 5000F. 16 August 1991, a light aircraft (Mudry Cap B-10)stolen from the aeroclub at Lognes flew under the Arc and also the Eiffel Tower.