Battles inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe

The following is a list of the 158 battles inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris,Battles on the Arc de Triomphe.Inscriptions on the Arc de Triomphe. which were fought by the French First Republic and the First French Empire between 1792 and 1815:

The names of 96 battles are engraved on the inner façades, under the great arches (24 on each of the four pillars). The names of 32 battles are engraved on the inner façades, under the small arches (8 on each of the four pillars). The names of 30 battles are engraved on the attic (11 on each of the long façades and 4 on each of the short ones).

Additionally, some of these battles are represented in low relief on the inner and outer façades of the monument:

On the inner façades, under the small arches, four low reliefs list the names of 16 battles (6 on the low relief of the northern pillar, 4 on the low reliefs of the eastern and southern pillars, 2 on the low relief of the western pillar). On the outer façades, five battles are represented in low relief (2 on the northern façade facing the Avenue de la Grande Armée, 1 on each of the other façades).

Related list: Names inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe.

Great arches

The names of the 96 battles inscribed under

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Small arches

The names of the 32 battles inscribed under

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Attic

The names of the 30 battles inscribed on of

VALMY ・ JEMMAPES ・ FLEURUS ・ MONTENOTTE ・ LODI ・ CASTIGLIONE ・ ARCOLE ・ RIVOLI ・  ・ ABOUKIR ・ ALKMAER•ZURICH ・ HELIOPOLIS ・ MARENGO ・ HOHENLINDEN•ULM ・ AUSTERLITZ ・ IENA ・ FRIEDLAND ・  ・ ESLING ・ WAGRAM ・ MOSKOWA ・ LUTZEN ・ BAUTZEN ・ DRESDE•HANAU ・ MONTMIRAIL ・ MONTEREAU ・ LIGNY•

Low reliefs

Inner low reliefs

The names of the 16 battles inscribed on of

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Outer low reliefs

The names of the 5 battles represented in on

ABOUKIRMARCEAUThe low relief on the right (facing the Avenue des Champs-Élysées) does not represent a battle, but the funeral of General François Séverin Marceau in Altenkirchen on 21 September 1796.•AUSTERLITZ•ALEXANDRIEARCOLE•JEMMAPES•

See also

Names inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars Lists of battles of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

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