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| Arc de Triomphe Picture I |
Kimmo Huosionmaa
As we all know there are many stories about the famous persons and famous buildings. In the middle of Paris is the monument, what is called the Arc de Triomphe, what is called as Triumphal arch in this text. The monument is like the box, what is open for the four dimensions. And there is one very bad story about this monument. The architecture in Paris is basing the idea of the very wide streets and boulevards, what makes difficult to make barricades, and they would give the soldiers the ability to crush the rebellions.
Haussmann was not the architect of that building, but this man could use it in his own plans, for creating the new version of Paris after the Communards rebel in 1871, but the modernization of the city began in 1852, and Haussmann left the place in 1870. But in this case, I believe that this movement from the position was because Haussmann's name wanted to keep clean in this bloody battle. And maybe the plans of that rebellion were in the government's hand before it started.
And that's why Haussmann left the position because France was in the war against Prussia in 1870, and that was the loss for France. And this removing was planned to protect Haussmans identity. The making drawings for the Paris were excellent covert-story for making fortresses and other things for France. And because of that, some people would believe that somebody wanted to take revenge for that man. There were tunnels under the city, what the troops could use, and other traps, what was able to use against the occupation, if Bismarck's troops took long-term control in Paris.
But there is a story about this monument, that the idea of the Triumph arch is to explore the giant gas explosive, what would terminate all rebellious troops in seconds. The idea of this weapon is very simple. The gunpowder or some other powder would be dropped on the fire, what burns inside the building. In the small-scale use, that thing would make the powder explosion, what would cause very bad destructions in the area of Charles De Gaulle-square.
And at the same time, the sewer system of the Paris would be opened to the streets. Those sewers were full of methane at that time, and if the fire would be released in the Triumph Arch, would it advance in the air like the wall breaker. Because houses are in the same direction with the boulevards, they would drive the pressure impact like canyons. And this makes also volcanoes more lethal if the pyroclastic gas would travel inside canyons. I don't know the truth about this story, but as we know, many things in Paris are made for security purposes after the Communard rebellion.
During that rebellion, many parts of this city were destroyed, and the rebuilding of the Paris was very important. And the parliament hired the architect, named Georges-Eugène Haussmann for making the plans for the new city, what is known for its boulevards and streets. But the main purpose of that action was to make that city more peaceful, that was before the rebellion. The ideas what Haussmann used in the Paris taken in the architecture of many other cities.
But as we know, this man was the little bit different than others, and this caused rumors about some kind of super weapons. And if Haussmann would be allowed to accomplish this idea, that would be most extreme FAE (Fuel Air Explosive) on Earth. The reason, why the Triumph arch is not in the middle of the city was, that the army would stand at the west, and it would be in the sap, and then wait for the explosion.
Haussmann's biography
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges-Eug%C3%A8ne_Haussmann
Franco-Prussian war 1870
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Prussian_War
Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arc_de_Triomphe
Picture I
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arc_de_Triomphe
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