LOUIS XIV'S VICTORIES LEAD TO DEMOLISHING THE RAMPART...

 

AND TO BUILDING ARCS OF TRIUMPH AT TWO OF ITS GATES 

( VICTORIES 1672, DESTRUCTION OF WALL AND BUILDING OF ARCS, 1674)

  Adapted from Atlas historique de Paris / zoom

   Adapted from Paris 1900 l'artnouveau.com

The arc at the Saint-Denis gate

 is grander and more ornate...

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The larger arc underscores kingship