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Twilight view of the Arc de Triomphe, on Champs-Elysees in Paris. This Arch of Triumph was commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte following his victory in the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805, but was completed only in 1836. 50m high, it marks an intersection of 12 roads.