Porte de Paris

The construction of the current Porte de Paris dates back to the 18th century on the site of the old Porte des Ardilliers, built in the 12th century. This gate is in the form of a triumphal arch with a single semicircular opening. The inscriptions on the inside of the arch, which had been damaged, were restored in 1828 and 1864; they commemorate, on the one hand, in Latin, the erection of the monument and, on the other hand, in French, in verses bought from Voltaire, the victory of Louis XV at the battle of Fontenoy, on 11 May 1745. The Porte de Paris was classified as a historical monument in 1930