The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, Paris, France.
The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel is a triumphal arch in Paris, located in the Place du Carrousel. It was built between to commemorate Napoleon’s military victories in 1805. It should not be confused with the Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile, at the far end of the Champs Élysées, which is twice it’s size.
The monument is 19 m high, 23 m wide, and 7.3 m deep. Around its exterior are eight Corinthian columns of marble, topped by eight soldiers of the Empire.
Designed by Charles Percier and Pierre François Léonard Fontaine, the arch was built between 1806 and 1808 by the Emperor Napoleon I, modeling 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 de l’Étoile.