<P> The Arc is located on the right bank of the Seine at the centre of a dodecagonal configuration of twelve radiating avenues . It was commissioned in 1806 after the victory at Austerlitz by Emperor Napoleon at the peak of his fortunes . Laying the foundations alone took two years and , in 1810 , when Napoleon entered Paris from the west with his bride Archduchess Marie - Louise of Austria , he had a wooden mock - up of the completed arch constructed . The architect , Jean Chalgrin , died in 1811 and the work was taken over by Jean - Nicolas Huyot . During the Bourbon Restoration , construction was halted and it would not be completed until the reign of King Louis - Philippe , between 1833 and 1836 , by the architects Goust , then Huyot , under the direction of Héricart de Thury . On 15 December 1840 , brought back to France from Saint Helena , Napoleon 's remains passed under it on their way to the Emperor 's final resting place at the Invalides . Prior to burial in the Panthéon , the body of Victor Hugo was displayed under the Arc during the night of 22 May 1885 . </P>
<P> The Arc is located on the right bank of the Seine at the centre of a dodecagonal configuration of twelve radiating avenues . It was commissioned in 1806 after the victory at Austerlitz by Emperor Napoleon at the peak of his fortunes . Laying the foundations alone took two years and , in 1810 , when Napoleon entered Paris from the west with his bride Archduchess Marie - Louise of Austria , he had a wooden mock - up of the completed arch constructed . The architect , Jean Chalgrin , died in 1811 and the work was taken over by Jean - Nicolas Huyot . During the Bourbon Restoration , construction was halted and it would not be completed until the reign of King Louis - Philippe , between 1833 and 1836 , by the architects Goust , then Huyot , under the direction of Héricart de Thury . On 15 December 1840 , brought back to France from Saint Helena , Napoleon 's remains passed under it on their way to the Emperor 's final resting place at the Invalides . Prior to burial in the Panthéon , the body of Victor Hugo was displayed under the Arc during the night of 22 May 1885 . </P>
who commissioned the construction of the arc de triumph
who commissioned the construction of the arc de triumph
Emperor Napoleon
Emperor Napoleon