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Triumphal arch
A triumphal arch is a structure in the shape of a monumental gate, usually built to celebrate a victory in war. This tradition dates back to Ancient Rome and the tradition of the Roman triumphes. A number of arches from the city's imperial era can still be seen in modern Rome.
Some triumphal arches are made of stone and intended to be permanent. Temporary triumphal arches are also constructed, intended to be used for a celebratory parade or ceremony and then be dismantled afterwards.
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List of triumphal arches
Permanent monumental triumphal arches include:
Austria
- Siegestor, Innsbruck
Belgium
- Arch of the Cinquantenaire, Brussels (erected 1880-1905)
Croatia
England
- Marble Arch, London
- Wellington Arch, Hyde Park Corner, London
France
- Carpentras
- Dijon: Porte Guillaume
- Montpellier: Porte du Peyrou (1692)
- Nevers: Porte de Paris
- Orange
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Paris:
- Arc de Triomphe (1806-1836)
- Arc du Carrousel (1806-1808)
- Grande Arche, La Défense (1982-1989)
- Porte Saint-Denis
- Porte Saint-Martin
- Pontarlier
- Reims: Porte de Mars
- Saint Rémy de Provence: Roman site of Glanum
Germany
- Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
- Siegestor, Munich (1843-1850)
Greece
- Arch of Galerius, Thessaloniki
- Hadrian's Arch , Athens
India
Iraq
Italy
- Arch of Trajan, Ancona, erected 113
- Augustan Arch , Aosta
- Arch of Trajan, Beneventum, the Porta Aurea, erected 114
- Arco Campano , Capua
- Arch of Augustus , Fano
- Arch of the House of Lorraine , Florence, erected 1738 - 1759: the first freestanding permanent triumphal arch in Italy since Antiquity
- Arco della Pace , Milan, erected 1807 - 1838
- Arch of Augustus , Rimini, erected 27 CE
- Arch of Constantine, Rome erected 312 - 315
- Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome, erected 203
- Arch of Titus, Rome (81)
- Susa, erected 7 BCE
- Arco dei Gavi , Verona
Korea
- Arch of Triumph (Pyongyang)
Libya
- Arch of Tiberius, Leptis Magna, erected 35 AD
- Arch of Septimius Severus, Leptis Magna
Romania
Russia
- Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow
- Moscow Triumphal Gate, St Petersburg
- Narva Triumphal Gate, St Petersburg
Spain
Syria
Turkey
Ukraine
- Arch of Catherine the Great, Novgorod-Seversky
United States
- Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, New York
- Monumental Arch, Galveston, Texas (1987-1990)
- Washington Square, New York, New York
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