We were privileged to have a special invitation to the lighting of the torch at the tomb of the unknow soldier at Arc de Triomphe de l’Etoille, the world’s largest triumphal arch. Today was a special celebration ceremony, the liberation of the Jewish Concentration camps. I hope to have video later.
"The world's largest triumphal arch, 49.5 m (162 ft) in height, was conceived in 1806 by Napoleon I as a tribute to his Grande Armée and its 128 victorious battles. Surmounting the hill of Chaillot at the center of a star-shaped configuration of 12 radiating avenues, it is the climax of a vista seen the length of the Champs Elysées. Since 1920 it has sheltered the tomb of France's Unknown Soldier. "
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