Triumphal Arch of the Carousel (monument)
In Triumphal Arch of the Carousel—*Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel*—once stood as a Neoclassical statement for Napoleon’s victories, commissioned in a narrow span when the Empire wanted its military record carved into stone. Designed by Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine and built between 1806 and 1808 at the Place du Carrousel, it commemorated campaigns in the Wars of the Third and Fourth Coalitions. Rising to about 19 meters (63 feet) high and roughly 23 meters (75 feet) wide, the arch used the Corinthian order, with eight marble columns recovered from the Château de Meudon—destroyed in 1804. Its pediment mixed emblems and allegory, while rose-marble bas-reliefs marked specific diplomatic and battlefield triumphs, including the Peace of Pressburg, Napoleon entering Munich and Vienna, the Battle of Austerlitz, the Tilsit Conference, and the surrender of Ulm. …
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