Continuation of History :
Finally, and finally king Louis-Philippe made of it a monument dedicated to the victories of the French Revolution and Napoleon 1st Empire.
The achieved work is considerable. In the initial it was necessary to create foundations to support such building (every pillar supports two times the weight of the Eiffel tower) then to build and carve each face.
Thus the Arch of Triumph is the greatest set of French sculpture of the 19th century. Four well known groups rest to the arch base: the Departure of the Volunteers said "the Marseillaise" by Rough, the Resistance of 1814 and the Peace by Etex, the Triumph of 1810 by Cortot. But the plank of 137 meters, which makes the turn of the monument with some two high meters character, is less well known: it represents the Departure and the Return of the French Armies. The Departure begins from the Kléber Avenue and continuous facing the Champs Elysées; the Return is side Avenue of the Large Army.
Also four high reliefs are placed to the rank of the pillars superior part on the main facades: funeral ceremony of Marceau, on the right facing the Champs Elysées, on the left the battle of Aboukir, the Passage of the Arcole Bridge on the right side facing the avenue of the Big Army and the fall of the Alexandria city on the left side. Upon the four interior arch faces were registered 174 names of battles and 700 names of French military heroes