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(Great Arch) was initiated by the French president Mitterrand. He wanted a XXth century version of the Arc de Triomphe. La Grande Arche de La Défense was designed by Otto von Spreckelsen and It has a prestressed concrete frame built by the French civil engineering company Bouygues. Fabric canopy and transparent tube elevator Completed by Paul Andreau.The 'Grande Arche' Completed in 1989 and nearly-completed Arche was inaugurated in July 1989, with grand military parades to mark the bicentenary of the French Revolution.

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