In the centre there was originally to have been a statue of Napoleon as Jupiter with the imperial arms above, but this was abandoned after the fall of Napoleon in 1814 and there is now no focal point on the west side of the Piazza.
No centro había orixinalmente unha estatua de Napoleón como Xúpiter coas armas imperiais encima, pero isto foi abandonado logo da caída de Napoleón en 1814 e na actualidade non hai ningún punto central no lado oeste da praza.