Travel Reference
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The four main sculptural groups on each of the Arc's pillars (as seen on the picture below)
are:
“Le Départ de 1792” celebrates the cause of the French First Republic. Above the volun-
teers is the winged personification of Liberty.
“Le Triomphe de 1810” celebrates the Treaty of Schönbrunn and features Napoleon,
crowned by the goddess of Victory
“La Résistance de 1814” commemorates the French resistance to the Allied armies during
the War of the Sixth Coalition
“La Paix de 1815” commemorates the Treaty of Paris, concluded in that year
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