Arc de Triomphe - Details

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  • The four main sculptures of the monument are:
    • Le Départ de 1792' (or La Marseillaise), by François Rude
    • Le Triomphe de 1810, by Jean-Pierre Cortot
    • La Résistance de 1814, by Antoine Étex
    • La Paix de 1815, by Antoine Étex
Le Départ de 1792 (La Marseillaise)
Le Triomphe de 1810
La Résistance de 1814
La Paix de 1815
  • Six reliefs sculpted on the façades of the Arch, representing important moments of the French Revolution and of the Napoleonic era include:
    • Les funérailles du général Marceau (General Marceau's burial), by P. H. Lamaire (SOUTH façade, right),
    • La bataille d'Aboukir (The Battle of Aboukir), by Bernard Seurre (SOUTH façade, left),
    • La bataille de Jemappes (The Battle of Jemappes), by Carlo Marochetti (EAST façade),
    • Le passage du pont d'Arcole (The Battle of Arcole), by J. J. Feuchère (NORTH façade, right),
    • La prise d'Alexandrie, (The Fall of Alexandria), by J. E. Chaponnière (NORTH façade, left),
    • La bataille d'Austerlitz (The Battle of Austerlitz), by J. F. T. Gechter (WEST façade),
Les funérailles du général Marceau, 20 September 1796
La bataille d'Aboukir,
25 July 1799
La bataille de Jemmappes,
6 November 1792
Le passage du pont d'Arcole,
15 November 1796
La prise d'Alexandrie,
3 July 1798
La bataille d'Austerlitz,
2 December 1805
  • Some great battles of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars are engraved on the attic, including


  • A list of French victories is engraved under the great arches on the inside façades of the monument.


  • On the inner façades of the small arches are engraved the names of the military leaders of the French Revolution and Empire. The names of those who died on the battlefield are underlined.
NORTH pillar
SOUTH pillar
EAST pillar
WEST pillar
  • The great arcades are decorated with allegorical figures representing characters in Roman mythology (by J. Pradier).

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