Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Roman triumphal arches
Triumphal arches in the Roman style were revived during the Renaissance, when there was a Europe-wide upwelling of interest in the art and architecture of ancient Rome. Between the 16th and 19th century, kings and emperors erected numerous triumphal arches in conscious imitation of the Roman tradition. One of the earliest was the temporary arch erected in Rome to celebrate the election in 1513 of Pope Leo X. The Emperor Maximilian I commissioned the artist Albrecht Dürer to design an elaborately decorated monumental arch for him, though it was never actually built. Louis XIV of France and Napoleon Bonaparte both erected arches to commemorate their military triumphs, most famously the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Arches were erected for similar purposes in England, the United States, Germany, Romania, Russia and Spain, amongst other countries. Built to honour and glorify President Kim Il Sung and modeled after the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, the Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang is the largest arch in the world.
Temporary triumphal arches are still constructed, intended to be used for a celebratory parade or ceremony and then be dismantled afterwards.

Post-Roman triumphal arches
For Roman ones only, see List of ancient Roman triumphal arches
Permanent monumental triumphal arches include:

List of triumphal arches

Timgad, Trajan's Arch, partially restored arch in a Roman colonial town Algeria

Ballarat, Victoria, Arch of Victory Australia

Heldentor, Roman-arch in Carnuntum
Siegestor, Innsbruck
Äußeres Burgtor (Outer Castle Gate), Vienna Austria

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

Radomir Bulgaria

Guangzhou China

Arch of Sergius, Pula, Istria Croatia

Prince's Gate, Toronto, Ontario
Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario, 1923
National War Memorial in Ottawa.
Peace Arch, Blaine, Washington & Surrey, British Columbia
Canadian National Vimy Memorial located in France. Canada

Aix-les-Bains
Besançon
Carpentras: Arch of Augustus
Cavaillon
Die: Porte St. Marcel
Die: Porte Saint Pierre
Dijon: Porte Guillaume
Marseille: Porte d'Aix (1825)
Montpellier: Porte du Peyrou (1692)
Nancy: on Place Stanislas
Orange
Nimes: Porte d'Auguste (Arch of Augustus)
Paris:

  • Arc de Triomphe (1806-1836)
    Arc du Carrousel (1806-1808)
    Grande Arche, La Défense (1982-1989)
    Porte Saint-Denis
    Porte Saint-Martin
    Reims: Porte de Mars
    Saint Rémy de Provence: Roman site of Glanum
    Saintes: Arch of Germanicus
    Vienne: quadriportal arch ("the pyramid"), was once in the ancient circus France

    Arch 22, Banjul Gambia

    The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, contrary to popular belief, is not a triumphal arch.
    Siegestor, Munich (1843-1850)
    Triumphtor, Potsdam
    Mainz: Dativius Victor arch Triumphal arch Germany

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

    Triumphal Arch, Vác Hungary

    India Gate, New Delhi
    Gateway of India, Mumbai India

    Hands of Victory, Baghdad Iraq

    Fusilier's Arch, Dublin Ireland

    Rome

    • 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)
      Arch of Janus, Rome
      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
      Triumphal arch of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Milan
      Arch of Augustus, Rimini, erected AD 27
      Arch of Augustus, Susa, erected 7 BC
      Arco dei Gavi, Verona
      Monumento ai caduti, Genoa
      Arco romano a colle San Giusto, Trieste Italy

      Arch of Tiberius, Leptis Magna, erected 35 CE
      Arch of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, Oea
      Arch of Septimius Severus, Leptis Magna Libya

      Patuxay, Vientiane Laos

      Triuphal arch, Chişinău. Moldova

      Triuphal arch, Volubilis. Morocco

      Arch of Triumph, Pyongyang North Korea

      Arco do Triunfo, Lisbon Portugal

      Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Romania

      Red Gate, Moscow - demolished
      Triumphal arch on Poklonnaya Hill, Kutuzovskiy prospekt, Moscow
      Moscow Triumphal Gate, St Petersburg
      Narva Triumphal Gate, St Petersburg
      Omsk, Tara gate
      Triumphal Arch of the General Staff Building in Palace Square
      Cossack triumphal arches in Novocherkassk
      Orlov gates, Gatchina Russia

      Arc de Triomf, Barcelona
      Puerta de las Granadas, Granada
      The Puerta de Alcalá, Plaza de la Independencia, Madrid, contrary to popular belief, is not a triumphal arch but a city gate.
      Arco de la Victoria, Madrid Spain

      Arch of Septimus Severus, Latakia
      Palmyra Syria

      Anazarbus
      Hadrian's Gate
      The Golden Gate in the Yedikule Turkey

      Arch of Catherine the Great, Novgorod-Seversky Ukraine

      Marble Arch, London
      Wellington Arch, Hyde Park Corner, London United Kingdom

      Monumental Arch, Galveston, Texas (1987-1990)
      Newport News Victory Arch, Newport News, Virginia
      Peace Arch, Blaine, Washington & Surrey, British Columbia
      Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, New York
      Tilton Memorial Arch, Tilton, New Hampshire
      Washington Square, New York, New York See also
      Trajan's Arch in Timgad, Algeria
      The Arch of Constantine, Rome
      The triumphal arch of Glanum
      The Brandenburg Gate
      Triumphal arch on Kutuzovsky Prospekt in Moscow
      Moscow Triumphal Gates in St. Petersburg
      Puerta de Alcalá is a triumphal arch forming a monumental gateway to Madrid
      Narva Triuphal Gates in St. Petersburg
      The triumphal arch erected to honor Hadrian who visitied Antalya in 2nd century A.D.
      The Soldiers and Sailors Arch at Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, New York City
      The Washington Square Arch, New York City
      Triumfal arch, center of Chişinău
      Arch of Hadrian in central Athens, with the Acropolis seen in the background.
      The Arco do Triunfo in Lisbon
      Red Gate in Moscow used to be a rare example of a baroque triumphal arch.
      The triumphal arch in Orange, France
      The Arc de Triomf in Barcelona
      Arch 22 in Banjul, Gambia
      The Gateway of India, Mumbai, India
      The Patuxay in Vientiane, Laos. A triumphal arch built to commemorate soldiers who died fighting the French for independence.
      Temporary triumphal arch commemorating election of Emilio Aguinaldo as President of the Philippines, 1899
      Royal Military College of Canada Memorial Arch in Kingston, Ontario

No comments: