Tuesday, April 12, 2016

LOUIS BUILDS AN ARC OF TRIUMPH ON THE MAIN GATE'S SITE


IT IS THE LARGER AND MORE ORNATE, BECAUSE IT OVERLOOKS THE ROUTE THAT LEADS TO THE ROYAL TOMBS

And so emphasizes kingship

Carolyn Ristau

Toward the tombs

Toward the center

Claude Abron
From the center

Its inspiration, Rome's Arc of Constantine


Its heir, the Walkway of New York's Manhattan Bridge

Zoom

Tour buses do not go there
and few people know that it is one of the city's
 most important and most tragic monuments.

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