Arc de Triomphe and Place de l'Etoile, Paris, France mb-code 42-24217156 View with decorative title below

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Formal photographic portrait of John Venn

View of Aldgate incorporating flat topped towers with chimneys and bas relief figure over central arch

View looking west towards the organ

Arc de Triomphe and Place de l'Etoile, Paris, France mb-code 42-24217156 View with decorative title belowArc de Triomphe and Place de l'Etoile, Paris, France, early 20th century. Designed by Jean Chalgrin in Neoclassical style to recall the monumental architecture of Ancient Rome, the Arc de Triomphe was commissioned by Napoleon in 1806 to commemorate his victory at the Battle of Austerlitz. It was finally completed in the 1830s.