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The Narva Triumphal Gate was erected in the vast Narva
Narva

Narva is the third largest city in Estonia. It is located at the Extreme points of Estonia, by the Russian border, on the Narva River which drains Lake Peipus....
 Square (known as the Stachek Square in Soviet years), Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a types of inhabited localities in Russia and a federal subjects of Russia of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea....
, in 1814 to commemorate the Russian victory over Napoleon. The wooden structure was constructed on the Narva highway with the purpose of greeting the soldiers who were returning from abroad after their victory over Napoleon. The architect of the original Narva Gate was Giacomo Quarenghi
Giacomo Quarenghi

Giacomo Quarenghi was the foremost and most prolific practitioner of Palladian architecture in Imperial Russia, particularly in Saint Petersburg....
. The program was meant to respond to the Arc de Triomphe
Arc de Triomphe

The Arc de Triomphe is a monument in Paris, France that stands in the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle, also known as the Place de l'?toile....
 in Paris, originally erected to celebrate Napoleon's victory over the Allies at Austerlitz
Battle of Austerlitz

The Battle of Austerlitz also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of Napoleon I of France greatest victories, effectively destroying the Third Coalition against the First French Empire....
, but the material used was a weather-resistant plaster that was never intended to be permanent.

Between 1827 and 1834 Vasily Stasov
Vasily Stasov

Vasily Petrovich Stasov , Russian architect, extensively travelled in France and Italy, where he became professor of St Luke Academy in Rome. On his return home, he was elected to the Imperial Academy of Arts ....
 redesigned and rebuilt the gate in stone.






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The Narva Triumphal Gate was erected in the vast Narva
Narva

Narva is the third largest city in Estonia. It is located at the Extreme points of Estonia, by the Russian border, on the Narva River which drains Lake Peipus....
 Square (known as the Stachek Square in Soviet years), Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a types of inhabited localities in Russia and a federal subjects of Russia of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea....
, in 1814 to commemorate the Russian victory over Napoleon. The wooden structure was constructed on the Narva highway with the purpose of greeting the soldiers who were returning from abroad after their victory over Napoleon. The architect of the original Narva Gate was Giacomo Quarenghi
Giacomo Quarenghi

Giacomo Quarenghi was the foremost and most prolific practitioner of Palladian architecture in Imperial Russia, particularly in Saint Petersburg....
. The program was meant to respond to the Arc de Triomphe
Arc de Triomphe

The Arc de Triomphe is a monument in Paris, France that stands in the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle, also known as the Place de l'?toile....
 in Paris, originally erected to celebrate Napoleon's victory over the Allies at Austerlitz
Battle of Austerlitz

The Battle of Austerlitz also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of Napoleon I of France greatest victories, effectively destroying the Third Coalition against the First French Empire....
, but the material used was a weather-resistant plaster that was never intended to be permanent.

Stasov Narva
Between 1827 and 1834 Vasily Stasov
Vasily Stasov

Vasily Petrovich Stasov , Russian architect, extensively travelled in France and Italy, where he became professor of St Luke Academy in Rome. On his return home, he was elected to the Imperial Academy of Arts ....
 redesigned and rebuilt the gate in stone. A similar gate
Moscow Triumphal Gates

The Moscow Triumphal Gate is a Neoclassical architecture triumphal arch in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The monument ? built mainly in cast iron ? was erected in 1834 -1838 in the memory of the Russian victory in the Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829....
, also by Stasov, was erected on the road leading to Moscow
Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
. A sculptor Vasily Demut-Malinovsky
Vasily Demut-Malinovsky

Vasily Ivanovich Demuth-Malinovsky was a Russian sculptor whose works represent the quintessence of the Empire style.He entered the Imperial Academy of Arts at the age of six and studied under Mikhail Kozlovsky for fifteen years....
 was responsible for the gate's sculptural decor. As has been conventional since Imperial Roman times, sculptures of Fame
Pheme

In Greek mythology, Pheme was the personification of fame and renown, her favour being notablity, her wrath being scandalous rumors. She was a daughter of Gaia , was described as "she who initiates and furthers communication" and had an altar at Athens....
 offering laurel wreaths fill the spandrel
Spandrel

A spandrel is the space between two arches or between an arch and a rectangular enclosure.There are four or five accepted and cognate meanings of spandrel in architecture and art history, mostly relating to the space between a curved figure and a rectangular boundary - such as the space between the curve of an arch and a rectilinear b...
s of the central arch. The main entablature
Entablature

An entablature refers to the superstructure of moldings and bands which lie horizontally above columns, resting on their capital . Entablatures are major elements of classical architecture, and are commonly divided into the architrave—the supporting member carried from column to column, pier or wall immediately above; the frieze&md...
 breaks boldly forward over paired Composite columns
Composite order

The composite order is a mixed classical order, combining the volutes of the Ionic order capital with the acanthus leaves of the Corinthian order....
 that flank the opening and support colossal sculptures. Nike
Nike (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Nike , was a goddess who personified triumph throughout the ages of the ancient Greek culture. The Roman equivalent was Victoria ....
, the Goddess of Victory surmounts the arch, in a triumphal car drawn by six horses, sculpted by Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg
Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg

Baron Peter Clodt von J?rgensburg, known in Russian language as Pyotr Karlovich Klodt , was a favourite sculptor of Nicholas I of Russia....
, instead of the traditional Quadriga
Quadriga

A quadriga is a car or chariot drawn by four horses abreast . It was raced in the Ancient Olympic Games and other games. It is represented in profile as the chariot of Greek mythology on Greek vases and in bas-relief....
.

A small military museum was opened in the upper part of the arch in 1989.

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