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Cet arc de triomphe se situe dans le quartier historique de Dijon, un des centres névralgiques de Dijon par une présence importante des transports en commun et des commerces. Cet édifice bénéficie de plusieurs visions : d'une part une vision lointaine dans le prolongement de la rue de la Liberté et du boulevard Sévigné, d'autre part une vision proche quand l'observateur est sur la place. Cette porte marque l'entrée dans le vieux Dijon. Nous souhaitons symboliser cela et garder une cohérence avec les mises en lumière existantes, nous avons choisi de conserver une touche de bleu dans le porche de celle-ci. Le reste de l'arche sera éclairé en blanc chaud 3000 Kelvins à partir du sol, du premier et second étage.
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France is affectionately referred to as "the Hexagon" for its overall shape.French history goes back to the Gauls, a Celtic tribe which inhabited the area circa 300BC until being conquered by Julius Caesar.The Franks were the first tribe to adopt Catholic Christianity after the Roman Empire collapsed. France became an independent location in the Treaty of Verdun in (843 AD), which divided up Charlemagne's Carolingian Empire into several portions.The French monarchy reached its zenith during the reign of Louis XIV, the Sun King, who stood for seventy-two years as the Monarch of all Monarchs. His palace of Versailles and its Hall of Mirrors are a splendid treasure-trove of Baroque art.The French Revolution ended the rule of the monarchy with the motto "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity!" On July 14th, 1789 angry mobs stormed La Bastille prison and began the Revolution in which Louis XVI, his wife Marie-Antoinette and thousands of others met the guillotine.One decade after the revolution, Napolean Bonaparte seized control of the Republic and named himself Emperor. His armies conquered most of Europe and his Napoleonic Code became a lasting legal foundation for concepts of personal status and property.During the period of colonization France controlled the largest empire in the world, second only to Britain.France is one of the founding members of the European Union and the United Nations, as well as one of the nuclear armed nations of the world.Text by Steve Smith.
