Arc de Triomphe The Arc de Triomphe is a monument in Paris that stands in the centre of the Place de l'Étoile, at the western end of the Champs-Élysées. It is the linchpin of the historic axis (L'Axe historique) leading from the courtyard of the Louvre Palace, a sequence of monuments and grand thoroughfares on a route leading out of Paris. The monument's iconographic program pitted heroically nude French youths against bearded Germanic warriors in chain mail and set the tone for public monuments with triumphant nationalistic messages until World War I. The monument stands over 51 metres (165 feet) in height and is 45 metres wide. It is the second largest triumphal arch in existence (North Korea built a slightly larger Arch of Triumph in 1982 for the 70th birthday of Kim Il-Sung); the Arc de Triomphe is so colossal that an early daredevil flew his plane through it.凯旋门凯旋门是一座丰碑,在巴黎表示,站在中心广场l'閠oile ,在西端的著名élysées 。这是关键的历史性轴( l'斧头historique )领导,从庭院的卢浮宫宫殿,一列古迹和宏伟的干道上的路线领导走出巴黎。纪念碑的影像节目进站英勇裸法国青年对大胡子的日耳曼勇士在连锁邮件,并定下了基调,为市民古迹与战无不胜的民族主义的讯息,直到第一次世界大战。 纪念碑停机超过51米( 165英尺)的高度和45米宽的。它是第二大凯旋门华天大存在(北韩建立了一个稍大的拱形的凯旋门,在1982年为70岁生日的金日成) ;凯旋门是如此庞大,早日决死飞到他的飞机通过。