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	Titus' Arch, Emperor Titus' Triumphal Arch in the Roman Forum - Rome Italy
		The Arch of Titus or in latin "Arcus Titi" was erected in 81 CE after Titus' death to commemorate his victory in Judea in 70 CE.
		The Arch of Titus or in latin "Arcus Titi" was erected on the "Via Sacra" in 81 CE after Titus' death to commemorate his victory in Judea in 70 CE.
		It's one of the three arches lasted in the Roman Forum and probably the most well preserved although it was incorporated in the S. Maria Nova convent in the middle age.
	www.inrometoday.it /phototour/romanforum/titusarch (761 words)

	Triumphal Arch - LoveToKnow 1911
		The earlier arches were pierced with a single arch and were comparatively simple in design, being decorated by pilasters or semi-detached columns only; the existence of chariots and statues on their summit is known only from coins or gems, on which such features are always shown.
		The triumphal arch with three arches at Fano in Italy is said to have been commenced by Augustus, but completed by Constantine, who probably added the two side arches and decorated it with inferior sculpture.
		At Timgad (Thamugada) in North Africa is a triumphal arch with central and two side arches, probably of Hadrian's time, and one with triple arches at Sbeitla (Suffetula), also in North Africa, and another example at Saintes in France, built on a bridge.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Triumphal_Arch (544 words)

	ArtLex on Arch
		Arch of Titus, in the Forum of Rome, built in 81 CE to commemorate the capture of Jerusalem.
		Arches may take different shapes, as in the pointed Gothic arch, the rounded Roman or Romanesque arch, or the stilted Islamic arch, but all require support from other arches or buttresses.
		Triumphal Arch on the Embankment, Venice, pen and brown ink with brown wash, watercolor, heightened with white, 28 x 19.1 cm, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
	www.artlex.com /ArtLex/a/arch.html (767 words)

	Triumphal arch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A triumphal arch is a structure in the shape of a monumental archway, usually built to celebrate a victory in war.
		Later arches were built of high-quality marble with a large central arch in the middle, its ceiling treated as a barrel vault, 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.
		Arch of Constantine, Rome erected 312 - 315
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Triumphal_arch (873 words)

	Memorial.Triumphal Arch in Moscow.
		In the middle of 1814, a wooden Triumphal Arch was built beside the Tver Gates (at the end of present-day Gorky Street) for the solemn meeting with the victorious Russian troops returning from West Europe.
		The construction of the Triumphal Arch (the first and only monument erected after the war of 1812 in Moscow that was in the form of an arch) stretched out for five years because of lack of money and the indifference of the municipal authorities.
		Whereas Bove had placed the arch in the suburbs of the capital, among small buildings where it showed as the center of an architectural composition, the contemporary city planners were presented with the problem of installing the monument in an established urban landscape, among tall buildings whose height far exceeded that of the arch.
	www.museum.ru /1812/English/Memorial/arka/index.html (2735 words)

	triumphal arch - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		TRIUMPHAL ARCH [triumphal arch] monumental structure embodying one or more arched passages, frequently built to span a road and designed to honor a king or general or to commemorate a military triumph.
		The typical Roman triumphal arch had a single arched opening in the earliest examples, e.g., the Arch of Titus, Rome (AD 81); after the 2d cent.
		Among the Roman arches remaining are that of Trajan, at Benevento, Italy (114), relating the story of the emperor's life, and those of Septimius Severus (203) and of Constantine (c.315) at Rome, honoring the military victories of the two emperors.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-triumpha.html (363 words)

	Arch of Titus, Forum Romanum (Photo Archive)
		The Arch of Titus (Arcus Titi) is a triumphal arch that commemorates the victory of the emperors Vespasian and Titus in Judea in 70 CE, which lead to the conquest of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Jewish temple there, and the triumphal procession the two held in Rome in 71 CE.
		The Arch of Titus is a single arch, measuring 15.4m in height, 13.5m in width and 4.75m in depth, originally constructed entirely in Pantelic marble, with four semi-columns on each side.
		The arch is visible as a part of the archaeological zone of the Forum Romanum, but it is usually not possible to pass under it.
	sights.seindal.dk /sight/179_Arch_of_Titus.html (998 words)

	Math Forum: MacPOW 1046: A Triumphal Arch (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Suppose you have a budget to build an arch using 110 bricks that you are to purchase.
		The arch is made simply from two vertical columns of bricks that go up to the same height.
		Arches that are symmetric about the vertical center but are not identical are considered to be different.
	mathforum.org /wagon/fall05/p1046.html (242 words)

	The Cinquantenaire Park in Brussels, Brussel, Bruxelles in Belgium.
		This arch was built to serve as a monument to illustrate the glorious past of Brussels.
		On both sides of the arch are 'galleries of the columns' with mosaics representing and glorifying the 'peace-loving nation of Belgium'.
		The large halls on both sides of the arch were built as a replacement for the original pavilions and halls of the 1880 exposition.They now house museums, but the constructions themselves are worth a visit.
	www.trabel.com /brussel/brussel-cinquantenairepark.htm (583 words)

	ArtNotes: Albrecht Dürer - "The Triumphal Arch"
		The programme was devised by the court historian and mathematician, Johann Stabius, who explains underneath that it was constructed after the model of 'the ancient triumphal arches of the Roman Emperors'.
		Above the central arch, entitled 'Honour and Might', is a genealogy of Maximilian in the form of a family tree.
		The date 1515, which appears on the Arch, refers to the completion of the designs; the blocks were cut by Hieronymus Andreae of Nuremberg between 1515 and 1517.
	www.ready-to-hang.com /LCP_ArtNotes/Alb_Durer_TriumphArch.htm (311 words)

	The Narva Gate in St. Petersburg, Russia
		The Narva Triumphal Arch was erected as a memorial to the war of 1812.
		The Narva Triumphal Arch was specially constructed on the Narva highway to greet the soldiers who were returning from abroad after their victory over Napoleon.
		The single bay triumphal arch's composition is similar to the ancient Roman triumphal arches, which were normally built on a square near an entry to the city.
	www.saint-petersburg.com /monuments/narva-gate.asp (522 words)

	Arch of Constantine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Arch of Constantine is a triumphal arch in Rome, situated between the Colosseum and the Palatine Hill.
		Dedicated in 315, it is the latest of the extant triumphal arches in Rome, from which it differs by spolia, the extensive re-use of parts of earlier buildings.
		It has been suggested that the lower part of the arch is re-used from an older monument, probably from the times of the emperor Hadrian (Conforto et al., 2001; for a defence of the view that the whole arch was constructed in the 4th century, see Pensabene and Panella).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Triumphal_Arch_of_Constantine (1607 words)

	Arch of Severus - Rome, Italy - Great Buildings Online
		A classic example of the triumphal arch type.
		"The Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome, commemorating the emperor's Parthian campaigns, was built of white marble in traditional triple-arched form, but shows a new freedom in the style of its relief decorations."
		One of Severus' principal monuments in Rome "was the great arch he built over the Via Sacra near the slopes of the Capitoline hill.
	www.greatbuildings.com /buildings/Arch_of_Severus.html (201 words)

	Arch of Constantine, Rome [Introduction - part 1 of 6] (Photo Archive)
		The Arch of Constantine is a triumphal arch, erected c.
		The arch is located in the valley of the Colosseum, between the Palatine Hill and the Colosseum, along the road taken by the triumphal processions.
		Construction began immediately, and the arch was finished in a few years, to be consecrated in 315/316 CE on the tenth anniversary of Constantine's rise to power.
	sights.seindal.dk /sight/299_Arch_of_Constantine.html (922 words)

	Portmeirion - Guide Book
		The Triumphal Arch (1962-63, listed Grade II 1971) was built at the suggestion of Clough's daughter Susan and her husband Euan who pointed that a new way in was needed for delivery lorries that were unable to pass under the Gate House and Bridge House arches.
		The statue in the arch is an early nineteenth-century wooden model for a series of lead Caryatids illustrated in Weaver’s English Leadwork (London 1909) with the note: “On a balcony of a house in Park Lane are lead Caryatids, and very graceful they are with their windswept draperies.
		To the immediate left of the Triumphal Arch is a small piazza (1962-63, listed Grade II 1971) with five Classical caryatids (one by Jonah Jones) and a dolphin fountain.
	www.portmeirion-village.com /en/guide-pages.php?pages=114 (422 words)

	TRIUMPHAL ARCH - Online Information article about TRIUMPHAL ARCH
		Africa is a triumphal arch with central and two side arches, probably of See also:
		Aosta, erected to Augustus, and later the arch at Ancona (fig.
		In Spain there are two monumental arches erected by Trajan at Alcantara, in the centre of the bridge built by him (A.D.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /TOO_TUM/TRIUMPHAL_ARCH.html (1253 words)

	Istria on the Internet - Archealogy - Triumphal Arch
		There is always some difficulty in deciding between triumphal and memorial arches, as they were virtually similar in design, equally enriched with sculpture, generally surmounted with a qtiadriga and statues, and as a rule were isolated structures.
		Of memorial arches the earliest are the examples of Rimirii (fig.
		Quadriportal archways are those which were built in the centre of four cross roads, such as the arch of Janus in Rome, built by Constans (A.D. 350), the arch of Caracalla at Tebesse (Thevesti) in North Africa, and many examples in Syria, of which the arch at Ladikiyah (Laodicea ad Mare)’ is in perfect preservation.
	www.istrianet.org /istria/architecture/urban/triumphal-arch.htm (589 words)

	The Triumphal Arch
		The artwork of the Triumphal Arch that delineates the apse is an introduction to the dogma of the Immaculate Conception.
		On the face of the arch is the text from Genesis 3 (sometimes called the protoevangelium) which, translated, says: “I will place enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel” [Douai translation].
		On the underside of the arch is a row of medallions taken from the “Litany of Loretto.” This litany, which is commonly used in the Western Church, was inspired by earlier litanies, praises and invocations honoring the Blessed Virgin.
	www.conceptionabbey.org /TowerTopics/TTFall2001/arch.htm (844 words)

	Triumphal Arch In Jerusalem?
		A monumental Latin inscription, H. 0.97m, recently discovered on the Temple Mount, Jerusalem, which refers to a triumphal arch erected to commemorate the Roman subjugation of Israel after the fall of Masada in AD 74.
		Unfortunately, the other names that appear on the arch inscription are less clear: a certain Athenag[oras] in the fourth line is absolutely new to us; the other, Maximus in the fifth line, is too common a name to identify a specific individual with absolute certainty.
		In this case the question legitimately arises as to whether the arch was erected on the Temple Mount itself, which would be a quite stunning and new revelation about imperial Roman propaganda at the time of the First Jewish Revolt.
	preteristarchive.com /Ancient_Revelations/epigraphy/jerusalem_triumphal-arch.html (585 words)

	TrekEarth \| Triumphal arch Photo
		Arcul de Triumf is a triumphal arch located in the northern part of Bucharest, on the Kiseleff Road.
		The first, wooden, triumphal arch was built hurriedly, after Romania gained its independence (1878), so that the victorious troops could march under it.
		Another temporary arch was built on the same site, in 1922, after World War I, which was demolished in 1935 to make way for the current triumphal arch, which was inaugurated in September 1936.
	www.trekearth.com /gallery/Europe/Romania/photo332357.htm (402 words)

	North Korean Architecture: Triumphal Arch, Pyongyang (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Pyongyang's triumphal arch is North Korea's answer to the one in France.
		The dates "1925" and "1945" on either side of the arch refer to length of Kim Il Sung's anti-Japanese struggle, which culminated in the fall of the Japanese Empire in 1945.
		The words directly above the arch are the Korean tune "Song of General Kim IL Sung".
	www.orientalarchitecture.com /pyongyang/TRIUMPHARCH.htm (196 words)

	Triumphal Arches (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Triumphal arches were usually made in honor of an emperor.Thi essay will explore what an arch is, and will exmine some famouse arches that have to do with emperors.
		There are many kinds of arches in many different places but the types that are most useful for studying ancint Rome are triumphal arches.
		The Arch of Constantine is one of the largest and most beautiful arches in the world.
	mail.greenwichacademy.org /~John_Howard/myweb/Sixweb/Hilly/home.html (414 words)

	The Triumphal Arch and the Large Triumphal Carriage of Maximilian I
		A completed arch and procession on paper was then to be dispatched to all the corners of the empire, where all could learn of and testify to the emperor glory.
		The first impression of the Triumphal Arch as a busy concoction of imagery, architectural elements and decorative patters, is not strange in view of the involvement of the many artists in its creation (Figure 10).
		The architectural design and the arrangement of the gates of the Triumphal Arch were originally conceived by the Tyrolean court painter and architect Jorg Kolderer as a miniature.
	aic.stanford.edu /sg/bpg/annual/v14/bp14-07.html (8169 words)

	triumphal arch. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		monumental structure embodying one or more arched passages, frequently built to span a road and designed to honor a king or general or to commemorate a military triumph.
		The piers were faced with columns and enriched with sculptures or bas-reliefs relating to the events commemorated, while above the entablature was an attic story for dedicatory inscriptions supporting a quadriga, a sculptured four-horse chariot group.
		Among the Roman arches remaining are that of Trajan, at Benevento, Italy (114), relating the story of the emperor’s life, and those of Septimius Severus (203) and of Constantine (c.315) at Rome, honoring the military victories of the two emperors.
	www.bartleby.com /65/tr/triumpha.html (232 words)

	Haidra, Tunisia: Triumphal Arch
		The triumphal arch of Haïdra was erected in 195 CE by the command of Septimus Severus.
		Take also some time to admire the quality of the road that runs through the arch, which has excellently cut paving stones, set in an attractive pattern.
		This article, with its images, its photos, its music, may not be reproduced or stored in any form, without the consent of the publishers.
	lexicorient.com /tunisia/haidra02.htm (101 words)

	The Lorraine Triumphal Arch
		The arch, designed by Lorraine architect Jean Nicolas Jadot by suggestion of Marquis Carlo Ginori, was built, outside the S.Gallo gate, to welcome the formal arrival in Florence of Francesco Stefano of Lorraine, who came to enter into possession of the Grand-Duchy of Tuscany.
		After the ceremonies for the Grand-Duke, it was decided not to demolish the arch and, differently from what happened to the temporary structures built in Florence in the previous centuries, the Lorraine Arch was completed and decorated with the still existing parts, which were made in the years 1740-1759.
		The arch of "the square of the S.Gallo gate", later called "Cavour square" and now "piazza della Libertà" (liberty square), was the first permanent triumphal arch built in Italy in modern times and it shows clear references to models of ancient Roman triumphal arches.
	www.comune.firenze.it /english/bellearti/arco.htm (827 words)

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