emperor napoleon commissioned the construction of the arc de triumph.
emperor napoleon commissioned the construction of the arc de triumph.
who commissioned the construction of the arc de triumph?
emperor napoleon
the arc de triomphe is located on the right bank of the seine at the centre of a dodecagonal configuration of twelve radiating avenues. it was commissioned in 1806 after the victory at austerlitz by emperor napoleon at the peak of his fortunes. laying the foundations alone took two years and, in 1810, when napoleon entered paris from the west with his bride archduchess marie-louise of austria, he had a wooden mock-up of the completed arch constructed. the architect, jean chalgrin, died in 1811 and the work was taken over by jean-nicolas huyot.
arc de triomphe
paris's arc de triomphe was the tallest triumphal arch until the completion of the monumento a la revolución in mexico city in 1938, which is high. the arch of triumph in pyongyang, completed in 1982, is modelled on the arc de triomphe and is slightly taller at . la grande arche in la defense near paris is 110 metres high. although it is not named an arc de triomphe, it has been designed on the same model and in the perspective of the arc de triomphe. it qualifies as the world's tallest arch.









































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arc de triomphe