Bas-Relief // Relief Art on Le Arc de Triomphe
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Six bas-reliefs sont gravés sur les quatre faces de l'Arc de Triomphe. // There are six reliefs sculpted on the façades of the Arc de Triomphe.
Waymark Code: WMPJHJ
Location: Île-de-France, France
Date Posted: 09/08/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member lumbricus
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Six bas-reliefs sont gravés sur les quatre faces de l'arc et retracent des scènes de la révolution et de l'Empire. Ils se situent au-dessus des 4 groupes ainsi que sur les côtés de l'arc:
* Les funérailles du général Marceau le 20 septembre 1796, par P.H. Lamaire (face Sud droite)
* La bataille d'Aboukir le 25 juillet 1799, par Seurre aîné (face Sud gauche)
* La bataille de Jemappes le 6 novembre 1792, par Carlo Marochetti (face EST)
* Le passage du pont d'Arcole le 15 novembre 1796, par Jean-Jacques Feuchère (face Nord droite)
* La prise d'Alexandrie le 3 juillet 1798, par John-Étienne Chaponnière (face Nord gauche)
* La bataille d'Austerlitz le 2 décembre 1805, par Jean-François-Théodore Gechter (face Ouest)

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There are six reliefs sculpted on the façades of the Arch. They represent important moments of the French Revolution and of the Napoleonic era:
* 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)
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Date Sculpture was opened for vewing?: 07/29/1836

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Where is this sculpture?:
Paris, Île de France France
75000

Sculptors Name: Jean-Pierre Cortot; François Rude; Antoine Étex; James Pradier and Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire.
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