The Arc de Triomphe honours those who fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, with the names of all French victories and generals inscribed on its inner and outer surfaces. Beneath its value lies the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from World War I. It was designed in 1806, and its iconography of heroically nude French youths against bearded Germanic warriors, sets the tone for public monuments with triumphant patriotic messages.
