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The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel is a Neoclassical triumphal arch situated in Paris, France, standing between the Louvre Museum and the Tuileries Garden. Constructed between 1807 and 1809 by architects Charles Percier and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine, it was commissioned by Napoleon I to celebra...
The Arch of Trajan at Leptis Magna in present-day Libya was erected around 109-110 CE to honor Emperor Trajan's visit to the city. The single-bay arch features elaborate relief sculptures depicting scenes of imperial ceremony and local notables. Leptis Magna, the birthplace of Emperor Septimius Seve...
The Arco de Bará is an ancient Roman triumphal arch situated in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. Erected during the reign of Emperor Augustus, it functioned as both a territorial marker and a commemorative monument along the Via Augusta, the major Roman road traversing the Iberian Penins...
The Arco dei Gavi is a Roman triumphal arch in Verona, Italy, built in the 1st century AD to celebrate the aristocratic Gavi family and famous for its elegant architectural design.
The Porte Saint-Martin is a triumphal arch located in Paris, France, erected in 1674 to celebrate the military victories of King Louis XIV on the Rhine and in Franche-Comté.
The Arc de Carpentras is a Roman arch in Carpentras, France, constructed in the early 1st century AD, distinguished by its highly detailed and well-preserved historical carvings.
The Arch of Caracalla is a Roman triumphal arch located at the ancient city of Dougga (Thugga) in northern Tunisia, constructed around 214–217 AD during the reign of Emperor Caracalla. It stands as part of one of North Africa's most extensively preserved Roman archaeological sites, which is designat...
Newport Arch in Lincoln, England, is the surviving northern gateway of the Roman colonia known as Lindum Colonia. Built across Ermine Street and generally dated to the Roman imperial period, it preserves a large central passage with part of a smaller pedestrian arch beside it. Modern traffic still p...
The Arch of Septimius Severus is a Roman triumphal arch located at the ancient city of Dougga in northern Tunisia. Erected in 205 AD, the arch was dedicated to Emperor Septimius Severus. It is a single-bay structure positioned along the main road leading into the city. While it has lost much of its...
The Arc de Cavaillon is a Roman triumphal arch located in Cavaillon, France, notable for its well-preserved single span and intricate decorative reliefs dating to the 1st century.
The Arch of the Argentarii is a small, single-bay Roman arch in the Forum Boarium of Rome, dedicated in AD 204 by the city's money changers (argentarii) and cattle merchants in honor of Septimius Severus and his family. It is not a triumphal arch but rather an honorary gateway incorporated into a la...
The Roman Arch at Bosra is a monumental triumphal arch in Syria, built during the 3rd century AD to honor Emperor Philip the Arab, serving as a major gateway to the ancient city.
The Arco di Druso is an ancient Roman arch in Spoleto, Italy, built during the 1st century AD to honor Emperor Claudius, notable for its historically significant Latin inscription.
The Arch of the Gavi is a 1st-century AD Roman single-bay arch in Verona that originally spanned the Via Postumia, built by the local Gens Gavia family and decorated with Corinthian columns. French forces demolished the arch in 1805 to widen the road. The structure was later reconstructed in 1932 un...
The Arch of Gallienus is a Roman arch in Rome, Italy, built in 262 AD as a monumental city gate, originally dedicated to Emperor Gallienus and his wife by a wealthy Roman citizen.
A Roman honorary arch in Pompeii, Italy, erected near the Forum in the 1st century AD in honor of Emperor Tiberius.
A Roman arch in Spoleto, Italy, built in the early 1st century AD and traditionally associated with Drusus and Germanicus, sons of Emperor Tiberius.
The Arc Romà de Cabanes is a Roman triumphal arch in Castellón, Spain, built in the 2nd century AD to serve as a monumental gateway along the ancient Roman route called Via Augusta.
A Roman arch in Rome built in AD 10 by consuls Dolabella and Silanus, later incorporated as a support structure into the Claudian aqueduct system.
A Roman honorary arch in Pompeii, Italy, attributed to the reign of Emperor Caligula (AD 37–41) and located near the main road leading to the Forum.
A Roman arch in Trieste, Italy, dating to the 1st century AD; traditionally but incorrectly linked to Richard I of England, it is one of the city's few surviving Roman monuments.
A triumphal arch erected in Rome around AD 51 to honor Emperor Claudius for the conquest of Britain; only fragments survive embedded in later structures.
