Memorial Hoisting French Flag on Eiffel Tower
This plaque, on the third floor of the Eiffel Tower, commemorates the hoisting of the French flag by a number of firefighters on this spot, on 25 August 1944.
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: William Crochot
Nearby
Museum
- National French Navy Museum - Paris, 16e
- National Museum of the French Army - Paris, 7e
- Mémorial de la Shoah - Paris, 4e
Point of interest
- Eiffel Tower & Bunker Champ-de-Mars Paris - Paris, 7e
- École Militaire de Paris - Paris, 7e
- Hôtel Majestic - Paris, 16e
Monument
- Memorial French Victims North-African Wars - Paris, 7e
- Memorial Command Post Avenue de La Bourdonnais - Paris, 7e
- Memorial Polish Soldiers Paris - Paris, 16e
Cemetery
- Cimetière de Passy - Paris, 16e
- Tombs Église Saint-Louis-des-Invalides - Paris, 7e
- Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Arc de Triomphe - Paris, 17e
Fortification
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