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A triumphal arch is a structure in the shape of a monumental archway
Arch

An arch is a structure that Span a space while supporting weight . Arches appeared as early as the 2nd millennium BC in Mesopotamian brick architecture, but their systematic use started with the Ancient Rome who were the first to apply the technique to a wide range of structures....
, in theory built to celebrate a victory in war, actually used to celebrate a ruler.

Roman
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 classical triumphal arch was a free-standing structure, quite separate from city gates or walls, but the form is often used in engaged arches as well.






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A triumphal arch is a structure in the shape of a monumental archway
Arch

An arch is a structure that Span a space while supporting weight . Arches appeared as early as the 2nd millennium BC in Mesopotamian brick architecture, but their systematic use started with the Ancient Rome who were the first to apply the technique to a wide range of structures....
, in theory built to celebrate a victory in war, actually used to celebrate a ruler.

Roman
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 classical triumphal arch was a free-standing structure, quite separate from city gates or walls, but the form is often used in engaged arches as well. In its simplest form a triumphal arch consists of two massive piers connected by an arch, crowned with a flat superstructure or attic
Attic style

In classical architecture, the term attic refers to a story or low wall above the cornice of a classical fa?ade. This usage originated in the 17th century from the use of Attica style pilasters as adornments on the top story's fa?ade....
 on which a statue might be mounted or which bears commemorative inscriptions. The structure should be decorated with carvings, notably including "Victories
Victoria (mythology)

In Roman mythology, Victoria was the personification/Goddess of victory. She is the Roman version of the Greek mythology Nike , and was associated with Bellona ....
", winged female figures (very similar to angel
Ángel

?ngel is the third single from Belinda Peregr?n's debut album: Belinda. It was a massive hit in Mexico and an international hit for Belinda....
s), a pair of which typically occupy the curved triangles beside the top of the arch curve. More elaborate triumphal arches have flanking subsidiary archways, typically a pair.

The rhythmic ABA motif—of central arched void flanked by smaller ones—was adapted in Classical architecture
Classical architecture

Classical architecture is the set of building styles and techniques of Classical Greece, as used in ancient Greece, the Hellenistic period, and the Roman empire....
, particularly since the Renaissance
Renaissance

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe....
, to articulate the walls of structures. The voids may take the form of niche
Niche (architecture)

The niche is ouner place in classical architecture is an exedra or an apse that has been reduced in size, retaining the half-dome heading usual for an apse....
s or be "blind", with masonry continuous behind.

Roman triumphal arches

The tradition dates back to ancient Rome
Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC....
 and is connected to the Senate
Roman Senate

The Senate of the Roman Republic was a political institution in the ancient Roman Republic. According to the Greek historian Polybius, our principal source on the Constitution of the Roman Republic, the Roman Senate was the predominant branch of government....
's custom of granting Roman triumph
Roman triumph

A Roman triumph was a civil religion and religious rite of ancient Rome, held to publically celebrate the achievements of an army commander who had won great military successes, originally and traditionally, who had successfully completed a war....
s. Surprisingly little is known about how the Romans used triumphal arches; the only ancient author who discussed them was Pliny the Elder
Pliny the Elder

Gaius Plinius Secundus , better known as Pliny the Elder, was an ancient author, naturalist or natural philosopher and naval and military commander of some importance who wrote Natural History ....
, writing in the first century AD. They are not mentioned at all by Vitruvius
Vitruvius

File:Vitruvius.jpgMarcus Vitruvius Pollio was a Ancient Rome writer, architect and engineer , active in the 1st century BC. By his own description Vitruvius served as a Ballista , the third class of arms in the military offices....
, the first century BC writer on Roman architecture. Pliny describes them as being honorary monuments of unusual importance, erected to commemorate triumphs. By the second century arches were being erected to commemorate other events, such as the surviving triumphal arch at Ancona
Ancona

Ancona is a city and a seaport in the Marche, a region of central Italy, population 101,909 . Ancona is situated on the Adriatic Sea and is the center of the province of Ancona and the capital of the region....
, erected by a grateful city to commemorate Trajan
Trajan

Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus, commonly known as Trajan , was a Roman Emperors who reigned from 98 until his death in 117. Born Marcus Ulpius Traianus into a nonpatrician family in the Hispania Baetica province , Trajan rose to prominence during the reign of emperor Domitian, serving as a general in the Roman army along the Limes G...
's improvements to the harbor.

It is unclear when the Romans first began erecting triumphal arches. They originated some time during the Roman Republic
Roman Republic

The Roman Republic was the phase of the Ancient Rome characterized by a republican form of government; a period which began with the overthrow of the Roman Roman Kingdom, c....
an era, during which time three were erected in Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
, the earliest being one to Lucius Stertinius built in 196 BC. These appear to have been temporary structures, and none now survive. Most triumphal arches were built during the Roman Empire
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
. By the fourth century, thirty-six triumphal arches can be traced in Rome. Only five now survive (see list below).

The arches of Rome became increasingly elaborate over the centuries. They were at first very simple symbolic temporary gateways to the city, being built of brick or stone with a semicircular arched heading and hung with trophies of captured arms. Later arches were built of high-quality marble with a large central arch in the middle, its ceiling treated as a barrel vault
Barrel vault

A barrel vault, also known as a tunnel vault or a wagon vault, is an architectural element formed by the extrusion of a single curve along a given distance....
, and sometimes two smaller ones on each side, adorned with a complete Architectural order, of columns and entablature, enriched with symbolic or narrative bas-reliefs and crowned with bronze statues, often a 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....
. The festive Corinthian order
Corinthian order

The Corinthian order is one of the Classical orders of Greece and Rome architecture, characterized by a slender Fluting column and an ornate capital decorated with acanthus leaves and scrolls....
 was the usual one.

Post-Roman triumphal arches

Triumphal arches in the Roman style were revived during the Renaissance
Renaissance

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe....
, when there was a Europe-wide upswelling of interest in the art and architecture of ancient Rome. Between the 15th and 19th century, kings and emperors erected numerous triumphal arches in conscious imitation of the Roman tradition. One of the earliest was the "Aragonese Arch" at the Castel Nuovo
Castel Nuovo

Castel Nuovo , often called Maschio House of Anjou, is a castle in the city of Naples, southern Italy. It is the main symbol of the architecture of the city....
 in Naples
Naples

Naples is a city in southern Italy, the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples. The city is known for its rich history, art, culture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,800 years old....
, erected by Alfonso V
Alfonso V of Aragon

Alfonso the Magnanimous was the King of Aragon , King of Valencia , Kingdom of Majorca, Kingdom of Sardinia , and Kingdom of Sicily and Count of Barcelona from 1416 and King of Naples from 1442 until his death....
 in 1443, although like the later Porta Capuana
Porta Capuana

Porta Capuana is an ancient city gate in Naples, southern Italy.In spite of the name, the portal is not the ancient gateway to the decumanus maximus, the main east-west road that once led out of Roman Naples to Capua....
 this was engaged as part of the entrance to the castle. Temporary examples were erected in enormous numbers for festivities such as Royal Entries from the late Middle Ages
Middle Ages

File:Karl 1 mit papst gelasius gregor1 sacramentar v karl d kahlen.jpgThe Middle Ages of European history are a period in history which lasted for roughly a millennium, commonly dated from the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century to the beginning of the Early Modern Period in the 16th century, marked by the division of Western Christi...
 onwards. The Emperor Maximilian I
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor

Maximilian I of Habsburg was Holy Roman Empire from 1508 until his death, but had ruled jointly with his father for the last ten years of his reign, from circa 1483....
 commissioned the artist Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Dürer

'Albrecht D?rer' was a Germans Painting, printmaker and theorist from Nuremberg. His still-famous works include the Apocalypse woodcuts, commons:Image:Duerer - Ritter, Tod und Teufel .jpg , St....
 to design an elaborately decorated monumental arch in woodcut
Woodcut

Woodcut - formally known as Xylography - is a relief printing artistic technique in printmaking in which an image is carved into the surface of a block of wood, with the printing parts remaining level with the surface while the non-printing parts are removed, typically with gouges....
 for him (3.75 metres high, in 192 different sheets), which was never intended to be built, but was printed in an edition of 700 copies and distributed to be coloured and pasted on the walls of large rooms. Louis XIV of France
Louis XIV of France

Louis XIV ruled as List of French monarchs and of King of Navarre. He ascended the throne a few months before his fifth birthday, but did not assume actual personal control of the government until the death of his prime minister , the Italians Jules Cardinal Mazarin, in 1661....
 and Napoleon Bonaparte both erected arches to commemorate their military triumphs, most famously 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
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
. Arches were erected for similar purposes in the U.K., the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
, Romania
Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
, Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 and Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
, amongst other countries. Built to honour and glorify President Kim Il Sung and modeled after 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, the Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang
Arch of Triumph (Pyongyang)

The Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang was built to commemorate the Korean resistance to Japan from 1925 to 1945.Built in 1982 on the Triumph Return Square at the foot of Moran Hill in the North Korean capital city of Pyongyang, the monument was built to honour and glorify President Kim Il-sung's role in the resistance against Korea under Japa...
 is the largest triumphal arch in the world (although the Grande Arche
Grande Arche

The Grande Arche de la Fraternit? is a monument in the business district of La D?fense to the west of Paris. It is usually known as the Arche de la D?fense or simply as La Grande Arche....
 at La Défense
La Défense

La D?fense is a major business district for the Communes of France of Paris, bordering Neuilly-sur-Seine, west of the city itself. It is centered in an oval freeway loop straddling the Hauts-de-Seine departments of France commune in France of Nanterre, Courbevoie and Puteaux....
 near Paris is much larger, it is not a triumphal arch). A far larger arch was planned for Berlin
Berlin

Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
 by Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born Germany politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , popularly known as the Nazi Party....
 and his architect Albert Speer
Albert Speer

Albert Speer was a Germany architect who was, for part of World War II, Minister of Armaments and War Production for the Nazi Germany. Speer was Adolf Hitler's chief architect before assuming ministerial office....
, but construction was never begun.

Temporary triumphal arches are still constructed, intended to be used for a celebratory parade or ceremony and then be dismantled afterwards.

List of triumphal arches

For Roman ones only, see List of ancient Roman triumphal arches
List of ancient Roman triumphal arches

List of ancient Roman Empire triumphal arches...


Permanent monumental triumphal arches include:

Algeria
Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country located in North Africa. It is the largest country of the Mediterranean sea, second largest in the Arab World, and the second largest on the African continent and the eleventh-largest country in the world in terms of land area....
 

  • Timgad
    Timgad

    Timgad was a Roman colonial town in North Africa founded by the Emperor Trajan around 100. The full name of the town was Colonia Marciana Ulpia Traiana Thamugadi....
    , Trajan's Arch, partially restored arch in a Roman
    Ancient Rome

    Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC....
     colonial town


Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 

  • Ballarat
    Ballarat, Victoria

    Ballarat is a city in Victoria , Australia, and Victoria's largest inland city. It is well-known for its history and heritage.It is approximately 105 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, Australia, with an urban population of 88,437 people....
    , Victoria
    Victoria (Australia)

    File:Map Victoria Aboriginal tribes .jpgVictoria is a States and territories of Australia located in the southeastern corner of Australia. It is the smallest mainland state in area but the most Population density and urbanised....
    , Arch of Victory


Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
 

  • Heidentor, Roman-arch in Carnuntum
    Carnuntum

    Carnuntum was an important Roman Empire army camp in what is now Austria. It belonged originally to Noricum province, but after the 1st century was part of Pannonia....
  • Siegestor, Innsbruck
    Innsbruck

    Innsbruck is the Capital of the federal state of Tyrol in western Austria. It is located in the Inn River Valley at the junction with the Wipptal , which provides access to the Brenner Pass, some 30 km south of Innsbruck....
  • Äußeres Burgtor (Outer Castle Gate), Vienna
    Vienna

    Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...


Belgium
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
 

  • Arch of the Cinquantenaire
    Cinquantenaire

    Jubelpark or Parc du Cinquantenaire is a large public, urban park in the easternmost part of the Brussels and the European Union in Brussels, Belgium....
    , Brussels
    Brussels

    Brussels , officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium....
     (erected 1880-1905)
  • Menin Gate
    Menin Gate

    The Menin Gate Memorial at the eastern exit of the town of Ypres , Belgium, marks the starting point for one of the main roads out of the town that led Allied soldiers to the front line during World War I....
    , Ypres
    Ypres

    Ypres , Ieper , or Ypern is a Belgium Municipalities in Belgium located in the Flemish Region Provinces of Belgium of West Flanders....


Bulgaria
Bulgaria

The state of Bulgaria , Scientific transliteration Balgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria has played a significant role in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe for over fourteen centuries....
 

  • Radomir
    Radomir

    Radomir is a town in the Pernik Province of Bulgaria with a population of about 16,503. It is located at ....


China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
 

  • Guangzhou
    Guangzhou

    'Guangzhou' is the Capital and a sub-provincial city of Guangdong Province of China in the northern and southern China part of the People's Republic of China....


Croatia
Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....
 

  • Arch of the Sergii, Pula, Istria
    Istria

    File:Istria Croatian Adriatic.pngIstria , formerly Histria , is the largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea. The peninsula is located at the head of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Bay of Kvarner....


Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 

  • Princes' Gate, Toronto
    Toronto

    Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....
    , Ontario
    Ontario

    Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
  • Memorial Arch
    Royal Military College of Canada

    The Royal Military College of Canada , is the military academy of the Canadian Forces, and is a degree-granting university. RMC is the only federal institution in Canada with degree granting powers....
     at the Royal Military College of Canada
    Royal Military College of Canada

    The Royal Military College of Canada , is the military academy of the Canadian Forces, and is a degree-granting university. RMC is the only federal institution in Canada with degree granting powers....
     in Kingston, Ontario
    Kingston, Ontario

    Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, where the lake runs into the St. Lawrence River and the Thousand Islands begin....
    , 1923
  • National War Memorial
    National War Memorial (Canada)

    The National War Memorial , is a tall granite cenotaph with acreted bronze sculptures, that stands in Confederation Square, Ottawa, and serves as the federal war memorial for Canada....
     in Ottawa
    Ottawa

    Ottawa is the Capital of Canada. The city has population of 812,000, the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population municipality in the country and second largest in Ontario....
    .
  • Peace Arch
    Peace Arch

    The Peace Arch is a monument situated on the Canada ? United States border between the communities of Blaine, Washington, Washington and Surrey, British Columbia, British Columbia....
    , Blaine, Washington
    Blaine, Washington

    Blaine is a city in Whatcom County, Washington, Washington, United States. The city's northern boundary is the Canadian border. Blaine is the shared home of the Peace Arch international monument....
    , and Surrey, British Columbia
    Surrey, British Columbia

    Surrey is a Canada city in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that lies within the Metro Vancouver district, and geographically at the centre of the larger region known as the Lower Mainland of BC....


France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 

  • Aix-les-Bains
  • Besançon
    Besançon

    Besan?on , is the capital and principal city of the Franche-Comt? Regions of France in eastern France, with approximately 220,000 inhabitants in the aire urbaine in 1999....
  • Carpentras: Arch of Augustus
  • Cavaillon
  • Die: Porte St. Marcel
  • Die: Porte Saint Pierre
  • Dijon
    Dijon

    Dijon is a communes of France in eastern France, the capital of the C?te-d'Or Departments of France and of the Bourgogne Regions of France. Dijon is the historical capital of the provinces of France of Burgundy ....
    : Porte Guillaume
  • Marseille
    Marseille

    "Marseille" is the second-largest city of France and forms the third-largest aire urbaine, after those of Paris and Lyon, with a population recorded to be 1,516,340 at the 1999 census and estimated to be 1,605,000 in 2007....
    : Porte d'Aix
    Porte d'Aix

    Porte d'Aix is a triumphal arch in Marseille, in the south of France, marking the old entry point to the city on the road from Aix-en-Provence....
     (1823)
  • Montpellier
    Montpellier

    Montpellier is a city in the south of France. It is the capital of the Languedoc-Roussillon Regions of France, as well as the H?rault Departments of France....
    : Porte du Peyrou
    Porte du Peyrou

    The Porte du Peyrou is a triumphal arch in Montpellier, in southern France. It is situated at the eastern end of the Jardin de Peyrou, a park near the center of the city....
     (1692)
  • Nancy
    Nancy

    Nancy is a city in the Meurthe-et-Moselle Departments of France in northeastern France.The city is the capital of the department. The metropolitan area of Nancy had a population of 410,509 inhabitants at the 1999 census, 103,602 of whom lived in the city of Nancy proper ....
    : on Place Stanislas
  • Triumphal Arch of Orange
    Triumphal Arch of Orange

    The Monumental Arch of Orange is a monumental arch located in the town of Orange, Vaucluse, southeast France. It is situated 600 meters north from the town center by route Route nationale 7....
    , Orange
  • Nimes: Porte d'Auguste (Arch of Augustus)
  • Paris
    Paris

    Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
    :
    • 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....
       (1806–1836)
    • Arc du Carrousel
      Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel

      The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel is a triumphal arch in Paris, France, located on the Place du Carrousel, just to the west of the Louvre. It is not to be confused with the more famous Arc de Triomphe which is 30 years younger, but about twice as big....
       (1806–1808)
    • Porte Saint-Denis
      Porte Saint-Denis

      The Porte Saint-Denis is a Paris monument located at the site of one of the gates of the now-destroyed fortifications of Paris. It is located at the crossing of Rue Saint-Denis, Rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis, the Boulevard de Bonne-Nouvelle and the Boulevard Saint-Denis....
       (1672)
    • Porte Saint-Martin
      Porte Saint-Martin

      The Porte Saint-Martin is a Paris monument located at the site of one of the gates of the now-destroyed fortifications of Paris. It is located at the crossing of Rue Saint-Martin, Rue du Faubourg Saint-Martin and the grands boulevards Boulevard Saint-Martin and Boulevard Saint-Denis....
       (1674)
      • The Grande Arche
        Grande Arche

        The Grande Arche de la Fraternit? is a monument in the business district of La D?fense to the west of Paris. It is usually known as the Arche de la D?fense or simply as La Grande Arche....
         at La Défense
        La Défense

        La D?fense is a major business district for the Communes of France of Paris, bordering Neuilly-sur-Seine, west of the city itself. It is centered in an oval freeway loop straddling the Hauts-de-Seine departments of France commune in France of Nanterre, Courbevoie and Puteaux....
         (1982–1989) is not a triumphal arch. It was built specifically as a monument to humanitarian ideals.
  • Reims
    Reims

    The city of Reims lies in the Champagne-Ardenne region in northeastern France 129 km east-northeast of Paris.Founded by the Gauls, it became a major city during the period of the Roman Empire....
    : Porte de Mars
    Porte de Mars

    Porte de Mars is an ancient Roman triumphal arch in Reims, France. It dates from the third century A.D., and was the widest arch in the Roman world ....
  • Saint Rémy de Provence: Roman site of Glanum
    Glanum

    Glanum was a Ancient Rome city in Gallia Narbonensis? Provence in southern France? sited on the flanks of the Alpilles, a range of mountains in today's Bouches-du-Rhone d?partment....
  • Saintes
    Saintes

    Saintes is a Communes of France in western France, in the Charente-Maritime Departments of France of which it is a sous-pr?fecture....
    : Arch of Germanicus
    Arch of Germanicus

    The Arch of Germanicus is an ancient Roman triumphal arch in Saintes, Charente-Maritime in France. It was built in 18 or 19 by a rich citizen of the town , C....
  • Vienne: quadriportal arch ("the pyramid"), was once in the ancient circus


Gambia

  • Arch 22
    Arch 22

    Arch 22 is a commemorative arch on the road into Banjul in The Gambia. It was built in 1996 to mark the military coup d'etat which over threw the democratically elected government, and saw the rise to power on 22 July 1994 of President Yahya Jammeh and his Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council....
    , Banjul
    Banjul

    Banjul , officially the City of Banjul, is the Capital of The Gambia, and located within the division of the same name. The population of the city proper is only 34,828, with the Greater Banjul Area, which includes the City of Banjul and the Kanifing Municipal Council, at a population of 357,238 ....


Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 

  • The Brandenburg Gate
    Brandenburg Gate

    Brandenburg Gate is a former city gate and one of the main symbols of Berlin and Germany. It is located west of the city center at the intersection of Unter den Linden and Ebertstrasse, immediately west of the Pariser Platz....
    , Berlin
    Berlin

    Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
     contrary to popular belief, is not a triumphal arch.
  • Siegestor
    Siegestor

    The Siegestor in Munich, is a three-arched triumphal arch crowned with a statue of Bavaria with a lion-quadriga, similar in style to the Arch of Constantine in Rome, the Marble Arch in London, the Arc de Triomphe in Paris and the Brandenburger Tor in Berlin....
    , Munich
    Munich

    Munich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Northern Limestone Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg....
     (1843–1850)
  • Triumphtor, Potsdam
    Potsdam

    Potsdam is the capital city of the Germany States of Germany of Brandenburg and is part of the Metropolitan area of Berlin/Brandenburg. It is situated on the River Havel, some 25 kilometres southwest of the center of Berlin....
  • Mainz: Dativius Victor arch


Greece
Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
 

  • Arch of Galerius
    Arch and Tomb of Galerius

    The Arch of Galerius and the Tomb of Galerius are neighboring monuments in the city of Thessaloniki, in the province of Central Macedonia in northern Greece....
    , Thessaloniki
    Thessaloniki

    Thessaloniki , Thessalonica, or Salonica is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country in Greece and the capital of Macedonia , the nation's largest Regions of Greece....
  • Hadrian's Arch
    Arch of Hadrian

    The Arch of Hadrian is a monumental gateway resembling ? in some respects - a Roman triumphal arch. It spanned an ancient road from the center of Classical Athens, Ancient Greece, to the complex of structures on the eastern side of the city that included the Temple of Olympian Zeus ....
    , Athens
    Athens

    Athens , the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the List of cities by time of continuous habitation, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....


Hungary
Hungary

Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
 

  • Triumphal Arch, Vác
    VAC

    VAC may stand for:* VAC, the radio call sign for a radio station on the west coast of Canada at Comox, British Columbia, operated by the Canadian Coast Guard...


India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
 

  • India Gate
    India Gate

    The India Gate is one of the largest war memorials in India. Situated in the heart of New Delhi, India Gate is prominent landmark in Delhi and commemorates the members of the erstwhile British Indian Army who lost their lives fighting for the Indian Empire in World War I and the Afghan Wars....
    , New Delhi
    New Delhi

    New Delhi is the capital city of India. With a total area of 42.7 km2, New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi and serves as the seat of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi ....
  • Gateway of India
    Gateway of India

    The Gateway of India is a monument in Mumbai , India. Located on the waterfront in Apollo Bunder area in South Mumbai, the Gateway is a basalt arch high....
    , Mumbai
    Mumbai

    Mumbai— formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The city proper has approximately 14 million people and, along with the neighbouring suburbs of Navi Mumbai and Thane, Mumbai forms the World's largest urban agglomerations according to the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects report with around 19...


Iraq
Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
 

  • Hands of Victory
    Hands of Victory

    The Swords of Qadisiyah, also called the Hands of Victory, are a pair of triumphal arches in central Baghdad, Iraq. Each arch consists of a pair of hands holding crossed swords....
    , Baghdad
    Baghdad

    Baghdad is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous. With a municipal population estimated at 6.5 million, it is the largest city in Iraq, and the second largest city in the Arab World....


Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
 

  • Fusilier's Arch, Dublin
    Dublin

    Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....


Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 

  • Rome
    Rome

    Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
    • Arch of Constantine
      Arch of Constantine

      The Arch of Constantine is a triumphal arch in Rome, situated between the Colosseum and the Palatine Hill. It was erected to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge on October 28, 312....
      , Rome
      Rome

      Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
       erected 312 - 315
    • Arch of Drusus, Rome
      Rome

      Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
      , erected to honor Nero Claudius Drusus
      Nero Claudius Drusus

      Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus , born Decimus Claudius Drusus also called Drusus, Drusus I, Nero Drusus, or Drusus the Elder was a Roman Empire politician and military commander....
    • Arch of Gallienus
      Arch of Gallienus

      The Arch of Gallienus is an ancient Roman arch in Rome, built in 262 on the site of the Porta Esquilina, the start of the via Labicana and via Tiburtina....
      , Rome
      Rome

      Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
    • Arch of Septimius Severus
      Arch of Septimius Severus

      The white marble Arch of Septimius Severus at the northeast end of the Roman Forum is a triumphal arch dedicated in AD 203 to commemorate the Parthian War of Emperor Septimius Severus and his two sons, Caracalla and Publius Septimius Geta, in the two campaigns against the Parthians of 194/195 and 197-199....
      , Rome
      Rome

      Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
      , erected 203
    • Arch of Titus
      Arch of Titus

      The Arch of Titus is a Pentelic marble triumphal arch with a single arched opening, located on the Via Sacra just to the south-east of the Roman Forum in Rome....
      , Rome
      Rome

      Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
       (81)
    • Arch of Janus
      Arch of Janus

      The Arch of Janus is the only quadrifrons triumphal arch preserved in Rome, across a crossroads in the Velabrum-Forum Boarium. It was built in the early 4th century of spolia, possibly in honour of Constantine I or Constantius II....
      , Rome
      Rome

      Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
  • Arch of Trajan, Ancona
    Ancona

    Ancona is a city and a seaport in the Marche, a region of central Italy, population 101,909 . Ancona is situated on the Adriatic Sea and is the center of the province of Ancona and the capital of the region....
    , erected 113
  • Augustan Arch, Aosta
    Aosta

    Aosta is the principal city of the bilingual Aosta Valley in the Italy Alps, 110km north-northwest of Turin. It is situated near the Italian entrance of the Mont Blanc Tunnel, at the confluence of the Buthier River and the Dora Baltea, and at the junction of the Great St Bernard Pass and Little St Bernard Pass St....
  • Arch of Trajan, Beneventum
    Benevento

    Benevento is a town and comune of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, 50 km northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill 130 m above sea-level at the confluence of the Calore Irpino and Sabato....
    , the Porta Aurea, erected 114
  • Arco Campano, Capua
    Capua

    Capua is a city in the province of Caserta, Campania, southern Italy, situated 25 km north of Naples, on the northeastern edge of the Campanian plain....
  • Arch of Augustus, Fano
    Fano

    Fano is a town and comune of the province of Pesaro and Urbino in the Marche region of Italy. It is a beach resort 12 km southeast of Pesaro, located where the Via Flaminia reaches the Adriatic Sea....
  • Arch of the House of Lorraine, Florence
    Florence

    Florence is the Capital city of the Italy Regions of Italy of Tuscany and of the provinces of Italy Province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany and has a population of 364,779 ....
    , erected 1738 - 1759: the first freestanding permanent triumphal arch in Italy since Antiquity
  • Arco della Pace, Milan
    Milan

    Milan is the second largest city of Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It is the capital in the Province of Milan, as well as the Regions of Italy capital of Lombardy....
    , erected 1807 - 1838
  • Triumphal arch of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
    Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II

    The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is a covered double Arcade formed of two glass-vaulted arcades at right angles intersecting in an octagon; it is prominently sited on the northern side of the Piazza del Duomo in Milan, and connects to the Piazza della Scala....
    , Milan
    Milan

    Milan is the second largest city of Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It is the capital in the Province of Milan, as well as the Regions of Italy capital of Lombardy....
  • Arch of Augustus, Rimini, erected AD 27
  • Arch of Augustus, Susa, erected 7 BC
  • Arco dei Gavi, Verona
  • Monumento ai caduti, Genoa
    Genoa

    Genoa is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria. The city has a population of about 610,000 and the urban area has a population of about 900,000....
  • Arco romano a colle San Giusto, Trieste
    Trieste

    Trieste is a city and port in northeastern Italy very near to the Slovenian border, to the North, East, and South. Trieste is located at the head of the Gulf of Trieste on the Adriatic Sea....

Libya
Libya

Libya , officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya , is a country located in North Africa. Bordering the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Libya lies between Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
 

  • Arch of Tiberius, Leptis Magna
    Leptis Magna

    Leptis Magna, also known as Lectis Magna , also called Lpqy or Neapolis, was a prominent city of the Roman Empire. Its ruins are located in Al Khums, Libya, 130 km east of Tripoli, on the coast where the Wadi Lebda meets the sea....
    , erected 35 AD
  • , Oea
    Tripoli

    Tripoli is the largest and Capital city of Libya.Tripoli has a population of 1.69 million. The city is located in the northwest of the country on the edge of the desert, on a point of rocky land projecting into the Mediterranean Sea and forming a bay....
  • Arch of Septimius Severus, Leptis Magna
    Leptis Magna

    Leptis Magna, also known as Lectis Magna , also called Lpqy or Neapolis, was a prominent city of the Roman Empire. Its ruins are located in Al Khums, Libya, 130 km east of Tripoli, on the coast where the Wadi Lebda meets the sea....


Laos
Laos

Laos , officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and People's Republic of China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south, and Thailand to the west....
 

  • Patuxay
    Patuxay

    Patuxai , formerly the Anousavary or Anosavari Monument, is a monument in the center of Vientiane, Laos built in 1962 or 1968.It is dedicated to those who fought in the struggle for independence from France....
    , Vientiane
    Vientiane

    Vientiane is the capital city of Laos, situated in the Mekong Valley. It is also Laos's largest city. The estimated population of the city is 200,000 while the number of people living in the Vientiane metropolitan area is believed to be over 730,000....


Moldova
Moldova

Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east and south....

  • Triumphal arch, Chisinau
    Chisinau

    Chisinau , is the capital city and largest municipality of Moldova. It is also its main industrial and commercial center and is located in the center of the country, on the river B?c River....
    .


Morocco
Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa with a population of nearly 34 million and an area just under 447,000 km2....

  • Triumphal arch, Volubilis
    Volubilis

    Volubilis is an List of archaeological sites in Morocco situated near Meknes between Fez, Morocco and Rabat along the N13 road . The nearest town is Moulay Idriss....
    .


North Korea
North Korea

North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea , is a state in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula....
 

  • Arch of Triumph
    Arch of Triumph (Pyongyang)

    The Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang was built to commemorate the Korean resistance to Japan from 1925 to 1945.Built in 1982 on the Triumph Return Square at the foot of Moran Hill in the North Korean capital city of Pyongyang, the monument was built to honour and glorify President Kim Il-sung's role in the resistance against Korea under Japa...
    , Pyongyang
    Pyongyang

    Pyongyang is the Capital and largest city of North Korea, located on the Taedong River, at . According to preliminary results from the 2008 population census, it has a population of 3,255,388....


Philippines
Philippines

The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
 

  • Arch of the Centuries
    Arch of the Centuries

    The Arch of the Centuries is a monument in the University of Santo Tomas at Manila, that stands fifteen meters away from the University's main vehicular entrance along Espa?a Boulevard....
    , located at the University of Santo Tomas
    University of Santo Tomas

    The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines , is a private Roman Catholic university run by the Dominican Order in Manila....
  • A (temporary) triumphal arch commemorating Emilio Aguinaldo's election as President of the Philippines in 1899 (see image below
    Triumphal arch

    A triumphal arch is a structure in the shape of a monumental arch, in theory built to celebrate a victory in war, actually used to celebrate a ruler....
    )


Portugal
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
 

  • Arco do Triunfo, Lisbon
    Lisbon

    Lisbon is the Capital and largest city of Portugal. It is also the seat of the Lisbon and capital of the Lisbon region. Its municipalities of Portugal, which matches the city proper excluding the larger continuous conurbation, has a municipal population of 564,477 in , while the Lisbon Metropolitan Area in total has around 2.8 million inha...


Romania
Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
 

  • Arcul de Triumf
    Arcul de Triumf

    Arcul de Triumf is a triumphal arch located in the northern part of Bucharest, on the Soseaua Kiseleff.The first, wooden, triumphal arch was built hurriedly, after Romania gained Romanian War of Independence , so that the victorious troops could march under it....
    , Bucharest
    Bucharest

    Bucharest is the capital city, industrial and commercial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the D?mbovita River....


Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 

  • Red Gate
    Red Gate

    .Red Gates in Moscow was a triumphal arch built in an exuberantly baroque design. Gates or arches of this type were common in 18th century Moscow....
    , 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....
     - demolished
  • Triumphal arch on Poklonnaya Hill
    Poklonnaya Hill

    Poklonnaya Gora is, at 171.5 metres, one of the highest spots in Moscow. Its two summits used to be separated by the Setun River, until one of the summits was razed in 1987....
    , Kutuzovskiy prospekt, 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....
  • Moscow Triumphal Gate, 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....
  • Narva Triumphal Gate
    Narva Triumphal Gate

    The Narva Triumphal Gate was erected in the vast Narva Square , Saint Petersburg, 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....
    , 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....
  • Omsk
    Omsk

    Omsk is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in southwest Siberia in Russia, the administrative center of Omsk Oblast. It is the second-largest city in Russia beyond the Urals....
    , Tara gate
  • Triumphal Arch of the General Staff Building
    General Staff Building (Saint Petersburg)

    The General Staff Building is an edifice with a 580 m long bow-shaped facade, situated on Palace Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in front of the Winter Palace....
    , 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....
  • Cossack triumphal arches in Novocherkassk
    Novocherkassk

    Novocherkassk is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Tuzlov River and on the Aksay River....
  • Orlov
    Orlov

    Orlov is the name of a Russian noble family which produced several distinguished statesmen, diplomatists and soldiers. The family first gained distinction in the person of four Orlov brothers, of whom the senior was Catherine the Great's paramour, and the two junior were notable military commanders....
     gates, Gatchina
    Gatchina

    Gatchina is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located 45 km south of Saint Petersburg by the road leading to Pskov....
  • Kursk
    Kursk

    Kursk is a city in the western part of Central Russia, at the confluence of the Kur River , Tuskar River, and Seym River rivers. It is the administrative center of Kursk Oblast....
     Triumphal Arch, Memorial Complex "Kurskaya Duga"


Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 

  • Arco de la Victoria, Madrid
    Madrid

    Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...
    . Inaugurated in 1956 after the Spanish civil war
    Spanish Civil War

    The Spanish Civil War was a major conflict in Spain that started after an attempted coup d'?tat by a group of Spanish Army generals, supported by the conservative Spanish Confederation of the Autonomous Right , Carlist groups and the fascistic Falange, against the government of the Second Spanish Republic, then under the leadership of pr...
     (1936-1939) to conmemorate Franco's victory.
  • Arc de Triomf
    Arc de Triomf

    The Arc de Triomf is an archway structure in Barcelona, Spain. It was built for the 1888 Universal exhibition, as its main access gate by architect Josep Vilaseca i Casanovas....
    , Barcelona
    Barcelona

    Barcelona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,615,908 in 2008, while the population of the Metropolitan Area was 3,161,081....
    , built as the entrance gate for the 1888 Universal Exhibition so it is not, strictly speaking, a triumphal arch as it was not built to commemorate any military victory. Nevertheless, it is built and named as a triumphal arch.


There are many similar monuments in Spain which were originally built as gates in city walls and therefore cannot be considered triumphal arches in any sense except in their resemblance. In Madrid
Madrid

Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...
 there are the Puerta de Alcalá
Puerta de Alcalá

The Puerta de Alcal? is a monument in the Plaza de la Independencia in Madrid, Spain, very close to the city centre and several meters away from the main entrance to the Parque del Buen Retiro....
, , , Puerta de Hierro, etc.

Syria
Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
 

  • Arch of Septimus Severus, Latakia
    Latakia

    Latakia or Latakiyah is the principal port city of Syria, capital of the Latakia Governorate. Its population is 554,000....
  • Palmyra


Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
 

  • Anazarbus
    Anazarbus

    Anazarbus in Ancient Clicia was an ancient Cilician city, situated in Anatolia in modern Turkey, in the Aleian plain about 10 miles west of the main stream of the Pyramus river and near its tributary the Sempas Su....
  • Hadrian's Gate
    Hadrian's Gate

    The Hadrian's Gate is a triumphal arch which was built in the name of the Roman Empire Hadrian, who visited Antalya in 130 A.D. It has three arched gates....
  • The Golden Gate in the Yedikules


Ukraine
Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
 

  • Arch of Catherine the Great, Novgorod-Seversky
  • Triumphal Arc
    Triumphal Arc, Kamianets-Podilskyi

    The Triumphal Arc was built in 1781 for the visit of Poland List of Polish monarchs Stanislaw August Poniatowski to the historic city of Kamianets-Podilskyi in Khmelnytskyi Oblast of western Ukraine....
    , Kamianets-Podilskyi
    Kamianets-Podilskyi

    Kamianets-Podilskyi is a city located on the Smotrych River in southwestern Ukraine, to the north-east of Chernivtsi. Formerly the Capital of the Khmelnytsky Oblast , the city is now the administrative center of the Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion within the Khmelnytsky Oblast , after the administrative center of the oblast was moved from the ci...


United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....

  • Marble Arch
    Marble Arch

    Marble Arch is a white Carrara marble monument near Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park, London, at the western end of Oxford Street in London, England, near the Marble Arch tube station of the same name....
    , London
    London

    London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
  • Rutupiae
    Rutupiae

    Rutupi? was the Ancient Rome name for Richborough near Sandwich, Kent, which they founded when they landed in England in AD 43. A major port of Roman Britain , it has many phases of Roman remains, collectively known as Richborough Fort or Richborough Roman Fort, still visible today and under the care of English Heritage....
  • Wellington Arch
    Wellington Arch

    Wellington Arch, also known as Constitution Arch or the Green Park Arch, is a triumphal arch located to the south of Hyde Park, London in central London....
    , Hyde Park Corner
    Hyde Park Corner

    Hyde Park Corner is a place in London, at the south-east corner of Hyde Park, London. It is a major intersection where Park Lane , Knightsbridge, Piccadilly, Grosvenor Place and Constitution Hill, London converge....
    , London
  • McLennan Arch, Glasgow
    Glasgow

    Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and List of largest United Kingdom settlements by population in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's Scottish Lowlands....
  • American War of Independence Arch, Parlington Estate, Aberford, Yorkshire


United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 

  • The Millennium Gate, Atlantic Station
    Atlantic Station

    Atlantic Station is a large transit-oriented development project at the northwestern edge of Midtown Atlanta, Georgia . Atlantic Station is being master developed by AIG Global Real Estate and local development partner Jacoby Development, Inc....
    , Atlanta, Georgia
    Atlanta, Georgia

    Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....
  • Monumental Arch, Galveston, Texas
    Galveston, Texas

    Galveston is a city in and county seat of Galveston County, Texas located on Galveston Island on the Gulf Coast of the United States in the U.S....
     (1987-1990)
  • Newport News Victory Arch
    Newport News Victory Arch

    The Newport News Victory Arch is a monument erected in Newport News, Virginia, first in 1919 and then rebuilt in 1962. The Victory Arch was established as a memorial to those who served in the American armed forces during periods of war....
    , Newport News, Virginia
    Newport News, Virginia

    Newport News is an independent city in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia. It is at the south-western end of the Virginia Peninsula, on the north shore of the James River extending southeast from Skiffe's Creek along many miles of waterfront to the river's mouth at Newport News Point on the harbor of Hampton Roads....
  • Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, Grand Army Plaza
    Grand Army Plaza

    Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, New York is an 11-acre oval plaza that forms the main entrance to Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York. It was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in 1867....
    , Brooklyn, New York
  • Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch
    Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch

    The Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch is a notable memorial to the American Civil War located in Hartford, Connecticut. It was the first permanent triumphal arch in America, and honors the 4,000 Hartford citizens who served in the war, and the 400 who died for the Union....
    , Hartford, Connecticut
    Hartford, Connecticut

    Hartford is the Capital of the Connecticut. It is located in Hartford County, Connecticut on the Connecticut River, north of the center of the state, south of Springfield, Massachusetts....
     - The first permanent triumphal arch in the country.
  • Tilton Memorial Arch, Tilton, New Hampshire
    Tilton, New Hampshire

    Tilton is a New England town located on the Winnipesaukee River in Belknap County, New Hampshire, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 3,477 at the 2000 census....
  • The War Correspondents Memorial Arch, Gathland State Park
    Gathland State Park

    Gathland State Park is a small state park located near Burkittsville, Maryland in the United States. The park is composed of the remains of the estate of George Alfred Townsend , a War correspondent during the American Civil War who wrote under the pen name "Gath"....
    , nr. Burkittsville, Maryland
    Burkittsville, Maryland

    Burkittsville is a town in Frederick County, Maryland, Maryland, United States. The population was 171 at the 2000 census....
  • Washington Square
    Washington Square Park

    Washington Square Park is one of the best-known of New York City's List of New York City parks. At 9.75 acres , it is a landmark in the Manhattan neighborhood of Greenwich Village, as well as a meeting place and center for cultural activity....
    , New York, New York
  • National Memorial Arch
    National Memorial Arch

    The National Memorial Arch is dedicated "to the officers and private soldiers of the Continental Army December 19, 1777 June 19, 1778". The Arch is located in Valley Forge National Historical Park in Pennsylvania....
    , Valley Forge National Historic Park, Valley Forge Pennsylvania
  • Rosedale World War I Memorial Arch
    Rosedale World War I Memorial Arch

    The Rosedale Arch is dedicated to the men of Rosedale, a neighborhood district and former municipality on the southern edge of Kansas City, Kansas, who served in World War I....
    , Kansas City, KS


Venezuela
Venezuela

Venezuela , officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a country on the northern coast of South America.The country comprises a continental mainland and numerous islands located off the Venezuelan coastline in the Caribbean Sea....

  • Arco de la Federación, Caracas
    Caracas

    Caracas is the Capital and largest city of Venezuela. It is located in the north of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Coastal Range, Venezuela....
  • Arco del Triunfo, Valencia
  • Arco de la Federación, Coro
    Santa Ana de Coro

    Coro is the capital of Falc?n State and the oldest city in the west of Venezuela....


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See also

  • City gate
    City Gate

    Moshe Aviv Tower , is a skyscraper located in the demarcated area of the Diamond Exchange District on Jabotinsky Road in northern Ramat Gan, Israel....
  • Roman architecture
    Roman architecture

    The Architecture of Ancient Rome adopted the external Greek Architecture for their own purposes, which were so different from Greek buildings as to create a new architecture style....
  • List of ancient Roman triumphal arches
    List of ancient Roman triumphal arches

    List of ancient Roman Empire triumphal arches...
  • List of buildings
    List of buildings

    This is a list of buildings and nonbuilding structures....


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External links

  • "Triumphal arch" from William Smith, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, John Murray, London, 1875
  • the Roman monuments website
  • "Triumphal Arch" built for Sir Thomas Gascoigne to commerorate the American Victory in the War of Independence, Aberford, Yorkshire, England, circa 1783.