The arc cost 1,000,000 francs (1 million) to build.
it took 400.5 people to build the Arc de Triomphe
The Emperor Napoleon ordered the construction of the Arc, to honour the French armies and commemorate their victories.
The correct spelling in both English and French is Arc de Triomphe.
the Arc de Triomphe in Paris is 50 metres high, the Arc of Titus in Rome is 15.40 metres high.
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.
No US politician has a plaque on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. But Thomas Jefferson has a plaque on an resembling - but much smaller - archway in Dijon, to commemorate his stay in France.
36.695 cubic metres of limestone from the quarries of Chateau-Landon, 100 km south of Paris, were used to build the Arc de Triomphe.That represents 95.407 tonnes(US: "metric tons") at 2.6 tonne/m3.
The Arc is a monument. There is no people living there.
Not very. The hotel is near the Eiffel Tower, but within a kilometre of 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.