Battles_inscribed_on_the_Arc_de_Triomphe
The following is a list of the 158 battles inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris,[1][2] 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 of the monument, under the great arches (24 on each of the four pillars).
- The names of 32 battles are engraved on the inner façades of the monument, 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 of the monument, under the small arches, four low reliefs list the names of 16 battles (6 on the low relief on the northern pillar, 4 on the low reliefs on the eastern and southern pillars, 2 on the low relief on the western pillar).
- On the outer façades of the monument, 5 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 under the Arc de Triomphe.