Standing 50 metres above the place charles de gaulle in paris is the arc de triomphe built to honour those who fought and died for france in the french revolutionary and napoleonic wars the monument has become one of the most iconic in paris from above the intricate pattern of parisian streets can be seen with the dodecagonal configuration of twelve avenues strikingly radiating from the monument the chaotic pattern of vehicular traffic negotiating the wide roundabout is a particular highlig