Triumphal arch

A triumphal arch is a structure in the shape of a monumental archway, usually built to celebrate a victory in war. The arch is invariably a free-standing structure, quite separate from city gates or walls. In its simplest form a triumphal arch consists of two pillars connected by an arch, crowned with a superstructure or attica on which a statue might be mounted or which bears commemorative inscriptions. More elaborate triumphal arches have more than one archway, typically three or five of varying sizes.

List of triumphal arches

Permanent monumental triumphal arches include:

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Algeria

• Timgad, partially restored arch in a Roman colonial town

Austria

• Siegestor, Innsbruck

Belgium

• Arch of the Cinquantenaire, Brussels (erected 1880-1905)
• Menin Gate, Ypres.

Croatia

• Arch of Sergius, Pula, Istria

England

• Marble Arch, London
• Wellington Arch, Hyde Park Corner, London

France

• Carpentras
• Dijon: Porte Guillaume
• Marseille: Porte d'Aix (1825)
• Montpellier: Porte du Peyrou (1692)
• Nancy: on Place Stanislas
• Nevers: Porte de Paris
• Orange
• 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
• Saintes: Arch of Germanicus

Germany

• Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
• Siegestor, Munich (1843-1850)

Greece

• Arch of Galerius, Thessaloniki
• Hadrian's Arch, Athens

India

• Gateway of India, Mumbai

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Iraq

• Hands of Victory, Baghdad

Ireland

• Fusileer's Arch, Dublin

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 Drusus, Rome, erected to honor Nero Claudius Drusus
• Arch of Gallienus, Rome
• 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)

Laos

• Patuxay, Vientiane

Libya

• Arch of Tiberius, Leptis Magna, erected 35 CE
• Arch of Septimius Severus, Leptis Magna

Romania

• Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest

Russia

• Red Gate, Moscow - demolished
• Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow
• Moscow Triumphal Gate, St Petersburg
• Narva Triumphal Gate, St Petersburg
• Cossack triumphal arches in Novocherkassk
• Orlov gates, Gatchina

Spain

• Arc de Triomf, Barcelona
• Puerta de las Granadas, Granada
• Puerta de Alcalá, Plaza de la Independencia, Madrid

Syria

• Arch of Septimus Severus, Latakia
• Palmyra

Turkey

• Anazarbus

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