It was originally surmounted by the famous horses of Saint Mark’s Cathedral in Venice, captured by Napoleon, but these were returned to Venice in 1815.
It was commissioned to commemorate France’s military victories in 1805.
Designed by Charles Percier and Pierre Léonard Fontaine, the arch was made between 1806-1808 by the Emperor Napoleon I on the model of the Arch of Septimius Severus in Rome. It is located on the Place du Carrousel, just to the west of the Louvre. The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel is a triumphal arch in Paris, France. Shows the quadriga sculpted by Baron François Joseph Bosio, depicting Peace riding in a triumphal chariot, led by gilded Victories on either side.