At the other end of the Louvre courtyard (yes, I am still working my way through) stands the first Arc de Triomphe that Napoleon commissioned. On it's own it is a nice structure (note Napoleon on top flanked by golden femmes). The problem is that he put it in the Louvre, which is so impressive that it makes the little Arc look, well, little. Napoleon probably heard enough of the little jokes, so he built the larger Arc down the way.
Here is another angle that uses a photography trick to make it look bigger than the Louvre:
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