#Arc de triomphe

[odinsblog]

Thread on alternative views of iconic landmarks you (probably) haven’t seen before 🧵

1. Mount Fuji from a plane window.

2. Arc de Triomphe, Paris

3. Aerial view of Kaaba, Mecca

4. A view of the Taj Mahal that you do not usually see, highlighting the stark contrast between opulence and poverty divided by a single wall.

5. Top down view of the Statue of Liberty

6. The backside of Tutankhamun's burial mask

7. The dome of St. Peter’s Basilica seen through Rome's most famous keyhole.

8. The worn steps of the Tower of Pisa

9. Photographer Alexander Ladanivskyy, in collaboration with the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism, captured an extraordinary drone shot of the Great Pyramid of Giza from an unusual perspective.

10. The Shanhai Pass, where the Great Wall of China meets the ocean.

for images 11 - 25, please see the source, here

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P a r i s

[elinerlina2]

Arc de Triomphe in Paris

[eupat]

[frenchcurious]

L'Arc de Triomphe. - source Mayra Torres.

[nobeerreviews]

Inanimate objects sometimes appear endowed with a strange power of sight. A statue notices, a tower watches, the face of an edifice contemplates.

-- Victor Hugo

(Paris)

[her-penetrating-soul]

Arc de Triomphe. Paris, France

Photography by: ©️Tomas Marek

[fidjiefidjie]

Bonjour, bonne journée et Fête de l'Armistice ☕️ 🇨🇵🕊

Gardien de la Flamme à l'Arc de triomphe de l'Étoile🗼Paris 1942

Photo © Séeberger Frères / Centre des monuments nationaux

[theworldatwar]

German POW’s are marched through the Arc de Triomphe by French soldiers after the liberation of Paris - 1944

[carbone14]

Un véhicule blindé de reconnaissance M-8 "Greyhound" de l'US Army ou possiblement de la 2e Division blindée (les insignes de reconnaissance ont été effacés sur la photo) devant l'Arc de Triomphe – Libération de Paris – Août 1944

©National Archives and Records Administration – 208-YE-68

[emmieexplores2]

Champs ELysées. Paris. 1970

[wgm-beautiful-world]

P A R I S

[famousinuniverse]

Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France: The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, France, standing at the western end of the Champs-Élysées at the centre of Place Charles de Gaulle, formerly named Place de l'Étoile—the étoile or "star" of the juncture formed by its twelve radiating avenues. Wikipedia

[illustratus]

A day of review under the Empire, 1810 by Hippolyte Bellangé and Adrien Dauzats

[frenchcurious]

@charlespozziferrari @maxfifer. - source Moto Vitelloni - Wheels n' wings.

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