At the top of the Arc de Triomphe
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You can climb right to the top of the Arc De Triomphe for a small fee. You will have to climb 260 steps up the narrow spiral staircase. Inside the arch, at the top, there is a small museum which has displays about topical events and the background history of the arch. There is a souvenir shop there, too. |
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You can go outside at the top and enjoy the view across the city. The picture shows what it is like at the top. There is a special fence to keep everyone safe.
When you walk around, you can see all the twelve avenues that make up the "star". Below are pictures of some of them. |
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This avenue is the widest in Paris. it is called L'Avenue de l'Armée. |
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You can see in this picture, like the one above, that there is not much high rise in the city centre of Paris. This is because nearly all the buildings date from the middle of the nineteenth century, before there were lifts. Most are a maximum of six storeys. You may also have noticed that Paris is also a very flat city. |
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This avenue leads to a modern Arch, called the Grande Arche de la Défense. It is about 5 km from the Arc de Triomphe and the road runs in a straight line in between. The modern Arche is much higher than the Arc. It is in the Central Business District of Paris and you can spot all the modern high rise buildings there. |
Page last updated 18 February 2005. |
