Arc Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel

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Monument in the Empire style, erected on Karruzel square in front of the Tuileries Palace on the orders of Napoleon for the perpetuation of his victories in the 1806-1808 years. From the arch to the north-west it was built 9-kilometer historical axis, which constitute the Place de la Concorde, the Champs-Elysees with a much larger Arc de Triomphe and the Grande Arche de Triomphe prepared Defans.Proekt Charles Percier and Pierre Fontaine, inspire forms of the ancient arch of Constantine in Rome. The construction of 19 meters high crowned Horses of Saint Mark, brought from Venice. After the fall of Napoleon and the return quadriga in Venice it was necessary to replace the sculptural composition, allegorically representing the triumph of the Bourbons (sculptor François-Frédéric Lemo, François Joseph Bosio) The story of the sculptural decoration of the arches personally selected the Vivant Denon.