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The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel in a painting from 1810 by Hippolyte Bellangé
Charles Percier designed the triumphal arch to celebrate the victory of the French army at
Austerlitz in 1805. In the Battle of Austerlitz, seen as one of Napoleon's greatest victories,
theFrenchArmydecisively defeated theRussian-Austrian coalition, leadingdirectly tothe
end of the Holy Roman Empire.
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