Stands in the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle (Place de l’Étoile). Located at the western end of the Champs-Élysées, 8th arrondissement. Built in 1806 after the victory at Austerlitz by Emperor Napoleon. Beneath the Arc is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from the First World War.

The Place de l’Étoile is a large road junction in Paris, the meeting point of twelve straight avenues and at its centre stands the Arc de Triomphe. The twelve avenues, clockwise from the north, are the following: Avenue de Wagram, Avenue Hoche, Avenue de Friedland, Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Avenue Marceau, Avenue d’Iéna, Avenue Kléber, Avenue Victor Hugo, Avenue Foch, Avenue de la Grande-Armée, Avenue Carnot, Avenue Mac-Mahon.