L'arc de Triomphe Top 5 Fun Facts 🖐🏽🥐🥖🇫🇷

1. The Arc took 30 years to build! Now that's a long building contract 😮

2. It stands at 50 metres high and 45 metres wide 📏

3. Construction of the Arch began in 1806, on August 15, Napoleon’s (former emperor of the French) birthday 🎉 He later died in 1811 where only a small part of arc was completed 😢

4. L'arc de Triomphe stands in a circular market square from which 12 large avenues radiate, forming a star (étoile), which is why it is also called Arch of Triumph of the Star ⭐

5. A stairway of 284 steps gets you from the ground level to the top of the monument! 🤔 18 steps on the stepper at the gym the other evening may need to increase to prepare for this climb 😳

Facts taken from https://www.britannica.com/topic/triumphal-arch