The Arc de Triomphe.  
Napoleon started building the thing in 1806, but after a lot of stops and starts it wasn't finished until around 1836. Although he never saw it completed the little emperors remains passed under it in 1840 on their way to his final resting place even though he'd already been dead like 20 years.
Any-hoo, Here I am some 173 years later near the end of the Champs-Elysees (Shonz-a-Lee-Zay) being a free dog in Paris. Nobody calling me up for favors, no one's future to decide...