Yellow vests. Images of the damage inside the Arc de Triomphe

Emmanuel Macron went Sunday morning to the Arc de Triomphe theater of violence and damage Saturday during the demonstration of "yellow vests". The damage is important in this monument, symbol of the history of France.

The Arc de Triomphe was the epicenter of the clashes that occurred Saturday on the sidelines of the Yellow Vests event.

This is where it all started around 8:30 am, when protesters tried to push back the police roadblocks at the top of the Champs Elysées. Slogans were tagged on the flanks of the monument, several clashes with the police, a ceremony improvised by the yellow vests improvised around the flame of the Unknown Soldier, but most importantly, individuals managed to get on the roof of the monument breaking everything in the process.

A few hours before the visit of the President of the Republic, Philippe Bélaval, president of the Center des monuments nationaux posted some pictures of the damage on his Twitter account.

First images of the interior of @ArcDeTriomphe @leCMN ravaged after evacuation of occupants pic.twitter.com/KYy6LKbe36

Furniture from the souvenir shop, statuettes, and Marianne's casting "The Departure of the Volunteers" on the Arc de Triomphe were destroyed. The images show the importance of the damage. A monument "ravaged" testifies Philippe Bélaval.

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The @ ArcDeTriomphe will remain closed to the public tomorrow. @leCMN goes to work to reopen as soon as possible and make this monument to the # Nation pic.twitter.com/aT0U8T3Xl6

The Arc de Triomphe is obviously closed to the public this Sunday and should not reopen for several days. Emmanuel Macron went on site Sunday morning. He visited the Arc de Triomphe for a long time before chairing an interministerial meeting on the response to Saturday's events.