A much less controversial building!

OK, you've seen it here and here already (and even here, thanks to Tomate Farcie) but here is another view of it... It? You know this big arch of triumph built at the top of the Champs Elysées in 1806 by Napoleon after he conquered most of Europe (well the actual architect was not Napoleon of course but Jean-François Thérèse Chalgrin). The arch was then completed in 1836 and it now keeps the memory of the dead killed in World War I (1914/1918). It's also a fabulous place to view Paris from above.

A view from the Ferris wheel

I wanted to keep it for a while but I could not resist posting it today. So, here is the photo I managed to take from the Ferris Wheel despite my vertigo and the lack of light! Needless to say that it's a pretty unusual point of view. On the left you can see the Obelisque of Louxor (that was given to France by Egyptian vice king Mehemet Ali in 1826 - some sources say 1830) , in the background the Arc de Triomphe and the long avenue in between is... Les Champs Elysées. Click on the image if you want to enlarge it.