Title

Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel

Alternative Title

Arc de Triomphe

Creator

Charles Percier (French architect, 1764-1838)

Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine (French architect, 1762-1853)

City

Paris, Île-de-France, France

Country

France

Date Created

1806-1807 (creation)

Century

19th century

Classification

Architecture and City Planning

Building Type

memorial arches

monuments

memorials (703)

Style/Period

Empire

Nineteenth century

Cultural Context

French

Materials

stone

Techniques

carving (processes)

construction

Description

View of arch looking down primary axis toward the Louvre Palace and I.M. Pei's Louvre Pyramid, The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel is a triumphal arch in Paris, France. It is located on the Place du Carrousel, just to the west of the Louvre. Designed by Charles Percier and Pierre Léonard Fontaine, the arch was made between 1806-1808 by the Emperor Napoleon I on the model of the Arch of Septimius Severus in Rome. It was commissioned to commemorate France's military victories in 1805. It was originally surmounted by the famous horses of Saint Mark's Cathedral in Venice, captured by Napoleon, but these were returned to Venice in 1815. They were replaced by a quadriga sculpted by Baron François Joseph Bosio, depicting Peace riding in a triumphal chariot, led by gilded Victories on either side

the composition commemorates the Restoration of the Bourbons following Napoleon's downfall. The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel is at the easternmost end of the so-called "Axe historique" ("grand historic axis") of Paris, a nine-kilometre long linear route which dominates central and western Paris created under the (later) city planning of Baron Haussmann. Looking west towards , the arch is perfectly aligned with the obelisk in the Place de la Concorde, the Champs-Élysées, the Arc de Triomphe and (although it is not directly visible from the Place du Carrousel) the Grande Arche de la Defense. The axis thus begins and ends with an arch today.

Source

Javier Gomez

Photographer

Javier Gomez

Rights Holder

© Javier Gomez

Texas Tech University Libraries

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Media

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Charles Percier (French architect, 1764-1838) and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine (French architect, 1762-1853), “Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel”, Arch Design Images, accessed May 20, 2024, https://exhibits.lib.ttu.edu/s/archlib/item/37568