Place du Carrousel
| In the middle of the
open space between the arms of the Louvre is the Arc de Triomphe du
Carrousel commemorating Napoleon’s Austrian campaigns, with an
inscription explaining why he had to go off and take Vienna instead of
invading England. Originally it had on its top the four bronze horses from St. Mark’s Cathedral in Venice, but when Napoleon was finally defeated, the Venetians took them back. |
