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Porte St-Martin

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This 56-foot triumphal arch, slightly smaller and younger than the neighboring Porte St-Denis, was designed in 1674. Louis XIV's victories at Limburg (in Flanders) and Besançon in Franche-Comté get bas-relief coverage from Martin Desjardins.

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