Porte St-Denis & Porte St-Martin

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  • Address
    cnr rue du Faubourg St-Denis & blvd St-Denis, 10e
  • Transport
    underground rail: Strasbourg St-Denis

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St Denis Gate, a 24m-high triumphal arch, was built in 1673 to commemorate Louis XIV's campaign along the Rhine. On the northern side, carvings represent the fall of Maastricht in the same year.

Two blocks east is a similar arch, the 17m-high Porte St-Martin (St Martin Gate) at the corner of rue du Faubourg St-Martin and blvd St-Denis. It was erected two years later to commemorate the capture of Besançon and the Franche-Comté region by Louis XIV's armies (note the gilded fleur-de-lis).