Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel

Coordinates: 48°51′42″N 2°19′58″E / 48.86173°N 2.33291°E / 48.86173; 2.33291
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Not to be confused with
Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile
.
Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel
Pierre François Léonard Fontaine

The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel (pronounced

Champs Élysées
, is about twice the size; designed in the same year but not completed until 1836.

Description

Peace riding in a triumphal chariot
Entablement and quadriga
Central bas-relief under the main arch

The monument is 63 feet (19 m) high, 75 feet (23 m) wide, and 24 feet (7.3 m) deep.

bas-reliefs
depict:

Napoleon's diplomatic and military victories are commemorated by bas-reliefs executed in rose marble. They depict:

The arch is derivative of the triumphal arches of the Roman Empire, in particular the

Musée Napoléon (located at the time in the Louvre), Vivant Denon, and designed by Charles Meynier
.

The upper frieze on the entablement has sculptures of soldiers: Auguste Marie Taunay's cuirassier (left), Charles-Louis Corbet's dragoon, Joseph Chinard's horse grenadier and Jacques-Edme Dumont's sapper.

The quadriga atop the entablement is a copy of the so-called Horses of Saint Mark that adorn the top of the main door of the St Mark's Basilica in Venice but during both French empires the originals were brought up for special occasions.[clarification needed]

History

The arc du carrousel Postcard, 1900
Tuileries in 1810, by Hippolyte Bellangé
. The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, which can be seen on the right of this painting, was originally erected as a gateway of the Tuileries palace.

Designed by

Napoleon I, on the model of the Arch of Constantine (312 AD) in Rome, as a gateway of the Tuileries Palace, the Imperial residence. The destruction of the Tuileries Palace during the Paris Commune in 1871, allowed an unobstructed view west towards the Arc de Triomphe
.

It was originally surmounted by the

Peace
riding in a triumphal chariot led by gilded Victories on both sides. The composition commemorates the Restoration of the Bourbons following Napoleon's downfall.

The Arc du Carrousel inspired the design of Marble Arch, constructed in London between 1826 and 1833.[3]

Geography

The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel is at the eastern end of Paris Axe historique ("historic axis"), a nine-kilometre-long linear route which dominates much of the northwestern quadrant of the city.

Looking west, the arch is aligned with

Palais des Tuileries intervened to block the line of sight to the west. When the Tuileries was burned down during the Paris Commune
in 1871, and its ruins were swept away, the great axis, as it presently exists, was opened all the way to the Place du Carrousel and the Louvre.

References

  1. ^ "Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel". 3 June 2013.
  2. ^ Lynnise Phillips – Pomona College; USA: "Paris Pages; Monuments; Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel". Archived from the original on 2008-12-30. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  3. ^ Exploring London : Marble Arch

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