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Arc de Triomphe: size, dimension and comparison

The adopted reference is about 50 m.

height

50 m = 5,000 cm. A meter contains 100 centimeters, or 1,000 millimeters.

1836Opening

A monumental arch on Place Charles-de-Gaulle in Paris.

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Arc de Triomphe, interpreted illustration
Interpreted illustration · dimension stated in the fact sheet.

What does this number measure?

A monumental arch on Place Charles-de-Gaulle in Paris. Displayed dimension: height.

Compare the stated dimensions

The comparison uses the number in each fact sheet: altitude, height, diameter, length or distance, depending on the reference. Two values in metres do not necessarily describe the same property.

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Source and limitations

Catalogue value to check against the source; not individually audited.

Detailed interpreted illustration. It is not a photograph, an architectural survey or an exact scientific reconstruction.

Opening: 1836. Proposed historical date; an existing documentary source is linked but was not consulted for this date in this session. Do not interpret this reference as the manufacturing date of the illustrated specimen. The decision and start of construction came earlier, in 1806.