List of triumphal arches

The list of triumphal arches includes arches and other architecturally implemented monuments that were built on the occasion of a military victory, a triumph or in memory of a peace treaty:

Algeria

Triumphal arch	Place / location	description	image
Caracalla Arch	Djémila	Roman arch of honor, erected in Djémila, the ancient Cuicul, in the year 216 in honor of Caracallas , his mother Julia Domna and his father Septimius Severus .
Caracalla Arch	Tebessa	Four-sided Roman triumphal arch (Quadrifrons), built from 211 to 214 by Gaius Cornelius Egrilianus from Theveste originating prefect of Legio XIV Gemina , in honor of Caracalla .
Arch of Trajan	Timgad	So-called "Trajan's Arch" or Arch of Timgad; Erected in the 2nd half of the 2nd century or at the beginning of the 3rd century.

Australia

Triumphal arch	Place / location	description	image
Arch of Victory	Ballarat , Victoria	This arch of honor is intended to commemorate all men and women from the Ballarat area who served in World War I. The foundation stone for the arch of 70,000 bricks was laid on February 7, 1920 at the beginning of the 22-kilometer Avenue of Honor ("Avenue of Honor"); it was inaugurated on June 2, 1920. The monument was restored in 2011.

Belgium

Triumphal arch	Place / location	description	image
Cinquantenaire Arch	Brussels	Triumphal arch, planned for the world exhibition of 1880, but not completed until 1905.
Menin Gate	Ypres	The Arch of Honor inaugurated in 1927 for the fallen, unidentified soldiers of Great Britain and the Commonwealth who were left without their own grave in the battles of the First World War in the Arch of Ypres .

Germany

Triumphal arch	Place / location	description	image
Dativius-Victor arch	Mainz location	The Dativius-Victor arch in Mainz dates from the 3rd century.
Victory gate	Munich location	Built from 1843 to 1850.
Waterloo Gate	Osnabrück location	The triumphal gate built into the old city wall based on the archetype of Titus , erected in 1817 in honor of the fighting Osnabrück in the Battle of Waterloo in place of the "Heger Tor" city gate that was demolished in 1815.
Triumphal gate	Potsdam location
Brandenburg Gate	Potsdam location	City gate modeled on the Arch of Constantine . Built in 1770/71
Weilburger Landtor	Weilburg	Built from 1759 to 1768.

France

Triumphal arch	Place / location	description	image
Campanus arch	Aix-les-Bains	Roman, single-gate arch of honor, erected in the 1st century for the family of Pompeius Campanus.
Arc du Rhône	Arles	Roman, one-gate arch of honor as a bridgehead of the Roman ship bridge over the Rhône near Arles, shortly before the end of the 1st century BC. Built in BC.
Porte Noire	Besançon	Roman, single-gate arch of honor, erected for Marc Aurel after the victory over the Parthians in 166.
Porte de Bourgogne	Bordeaux	Built 1755–1757 by Ange-Jacques Gabriel in the classicist style.
Arc de Carpentras	Carpentras	Roman, single-gate arch of honor of unknown destination, erected in the 1st century.
Quadrifrons	Cavaillon	Roman quadrifrons, recently reconstructed from the remains of two ancient arches of unknown destination, which were built at the beginning of the 1st century.
Arch of the Porte Saint-Marcel	The	Roman arch of honor of the 2nd century of unknown destination.
Porte Guillaume	Dijon	Arch of honor, erected in 1788 and dedicated to Louis V Joseph de Bourbon, prince de Condé . Its current name refers to Guillaume de Volpiano .
Arch of Glanum	Glanum	Roman, one-gate arched monument, erected during the reign of Augustus .
Porte d'Aix	Marseille	Triumphal Arch, planned as a monument to the Peace of Paris in 1783, was intended to commemorate the French invasion of Spain after the project was resumed in 1823 , but was inaugurated in 1837 as a general monument to victory.
Porte du Peyrou	Montpellier	Triumphal Arch, built in 1692 as a city gate, was dedicated to the glory of Louis XIV in 1715 .
Arc Héré	Nancy	Triumphal arch, erected in 1757 in honor of Louis XV. .
Porte Stanislas	Nancy	Arch of honor, commissioned in 1761 by Stanislaus I. Leszczyński in honor of Stanislaus of Cracow .
Porte de Paris	Nevers	Honor arch, completed in 1746 and the victory of Louis XV. dedicated at the Battle of Fontenoy .
Bow of orange	orange	Roman arch of honor, probably built in the 1st quarter of the 1st century in memory of the victories of Germanicus and rededicated to Tiberius in 27 AD .
Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile	Paris	Triumphal Arch, commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1806 ; by Bauunterbrechungen and revivals, he was in 1836 under Louis-Philippe I finished.
Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel	Paris	Arch of honor, erected between 1807 and 1809 by order of Napoleon Bonaparte to commemorate the Grande Armée .
Porte Saint-Denis	Paris	Arch of honor, erected in 1672 by the city of Paris for Louis XIV .
Porte Saint-Martin	Paris	Triumphal arch, erected in 1674 by the city of Paris for Louis XIV to commemorate his victories in Franche-Comté during the Dutch War .
Porte Saint-Pierre	Pontarlier	City gate, built from 1771 to 1773 to commemorate the reconstruction of Pontarlier and the Peace of Nijmegen .
Grande Arche	Puteaux	Building in the shape of a triumphal arch, opened on July 14, 1989 to mark the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution ; used as the official seat of the French Ministry of Commerce and Transport.
Porte de Mars	Reims	Roman three-sided arch of honor, erected in the 3rd century.
Germanicus arch	Saintes	Roman two-gate arch of honor, erected in the year 18 or 19 for Emperor Tiberius and his adoptive sons Drusus and Germanicus .

Gambia

Triumphal arch	Place / location	description	image
Arch 22	Banjul	Erected in 1996 to commemorate the 1994 military coup .

Ghana

Triumphal arch	Place / location	description	image
Independence Arch	Accra	Erected in honor of Ghana's independence in 1957.

Greece

Triumphal arch	Place / location	description	image
Galerius Arch	Thessaloniki	Four-sided Roman triumphal arch ( quadrifrons ) for Galerius on the occasion of his victory over the Persians in 298, erected between 300 and 305 in his royal seat.

India

Triumphal arch	Place / location	description	image
India Gate	New Delhi	Triumphal arch, designed in 1921 to commemorate the the First World War fallen soldiers of British India .
Gateway of India	Mumbai	Arch of honor, erected in 1924 to commemorate the visit of George V in 1911.

Iraq

Triumphal arch	Place / location	description	image
Swords of Kadesia	Baghdad	Monument erected in 1989 in allusion to the victory of the Muslim Arabs against the Sassanids in the Battle of Kadesia .

Ireland

Triumphal arch	Place / location	description	image
Fusilier's Arch	Dublin	Triumphal Arch erected in 1907 in memory of the members of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers who fell during the Boer War .

Italy

Triumphal arch	Place / location	description	image
Arch of Trajan	Ancona	Roman Arch of Honor for Trajan , erected between 100 and 116 on behalf of the Senate and the Roman people .
Arch of Augustus	Aosta	Roman arch of honor for Augustus , erected after the establishment of the colony of Augusta Praetoria Salassorum (Aosta) in 25 BC. By Aulus Terentius Varro Murena .
Arch of Trajan	Benevento	Roman arch of honor for Trajan , erected in 114, the arch marks the beginning of the Via Traiana laid out under Trajan .
Victory Monument	Bolzano	Fascist victory memorial for the "Martyrs of the First World War", inaugurated in 1928.
Arch of Trajan	Canosa di Puglia	Roman arch of honor of unknown destination from the 1st half of the 2nd century.
Arco di Trionfo dei Lorena	Florence	Triumphal arch on the Piazza della Libertà, erected in 1738 to celebrate the arrival of the Habsburg-Lorraine dynasty after the end of the Medici .
"Arcone"	Florence	Triumphal Arch in Piazza della Repubblica , built at the end of the 19th century and designed by Vincenzo Micheli to commemorate the renovation of the area around the Piazza.
Arco della Vittoria	Genoa	Triumphal Arch in Piazza della Vittoria, built in 1931 to commemorate those who died in the First World War .
Arco della Pace	Milan	The arch of honor, completed in 1838, which was originally intended to be dedicated to Napoleon's fame , but was then inaugurated in memory of the European Peace of 1815 .
Arco Romano	Pasubio	Arch of honor, completed in 1935, on the site of the Liguria Brigade's military cemetery on Monte Pasubio.
" Arch of Augustus "	Pompeii	Also "Bow of Drusus "; Roman arch of honor at the forum, erected next to the city's capitolium in the 1st half of the 1st century for a member of the Julio-Claudian imperial family.
" Caligula bow "	Pompeii	Roman arch of honor on Via di Mercurio, built near the Macellum in the 1st half of the 1st century; is associated with Caligula .
" Arch of Tiberius "	Pompeii	Also "Arch of Tiberius and Germanicus "; Roman arch of honor at the forum, erected next to the city's capitolium in the 1st half of the 1st century for a member of the Julio-Claudian imperial family.
Arch of Augustus	Rimini	Roman arch of honor for Augustus , erected in 27 BC. At the end of the Via Flaminia ; oldest preserved Roman arch of honor.
Actium arch	Rome	Roman triumphal arch in honor of Augustus after his victory at Actium and the capture of Egypt in 29 BC. Built in BC.
" Drusus Arch "	Rome	Roman arch of unknown function from the 3rd century, which was later integrated into the Porta San Sebastiano ; earlier wrongly identified with a bow for Drusus .
" Gallienus Arch "	Rome	City gate built under Augustus , which was rededicated in 262 as an arch of honor for Gallienus .
Arch of Constantine	Rome	Roman triumphal arch in honor of Constantine the Great , which was consecrated at the Milvian Bridge in 315 in memory of his victory over Maxentius .
Parthian Arch	Rome	Roman triumphal arch in honor of Augustus , erected in 19 BC . After Augustus in AD Battle of Carrhae to the Parthians lost field characters regained.
Arch of Septimius Severus	Rome	Roman triumphal arch in honor of Septimius Severus , Caracalla and Geta in the Roman Forum , which was consecrated in 203 in memory of the victory over the Parthians .
Arch of Tiberius	Rome	Roman arch of honor for Tiberius , erected in the year 16 AD on the Roman Forum .
Arch of Titus	Rome	Roman triumphal arch built in honor of the emperor Titus for his victory over the rebels in Judea and the conquest of Jerusalem between 81 and 90 AD.
"Hadrian's Arch"	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	Roman arch of honor, erected in the 2nd half of the 1st century or at the beginning of the 2nd century; an inscription in honor of Hadrian was incorrectly referred to on the arch .
Arch of Augustus	Susa	Roman arch of honor for Augustus , erected 9/8 BC By Marcus Iulius Cottius .
Engraving arch	Verona	Roman arch of honor in the form of a rectangular quadrifron for the gens Gavia , who came from Verona, the arch was probably built in the Tiberian period, at the beginning of the 1st century by the architect L. Vitruvius Cerdo. Destroyed and demolished during the Napoleonic occupation of Verona, the arch was reconstructed from the rediscovered rubble in the 1930s.

Jordan

Triumphal arch	Place / location	description	image
Hadrian's Arch	Gerasa	Three-sided Roman arch of honor, erected in 129/130 AD in honor of Emperor Hadrian . Extensively restored between 2003 and 2008.

Canada

Triumphal arch	Place / location	description	image
National War Memorial	Ottawa	Arch of Honor, inaugurated in 1939 by George VI. in memory of the fallen Canadian soldiers of World War I and all subsequent wars.
Princes' Gates	Toronto , Ontario	Entrance arch to the site of the Canadian National Exhibition , erected for the 60th anniversary of the Canadian Confederation and opened in 1927 by Prince Edward , Prince of Wales , and his brother George , Duke of Kent .

Croatia

Triumphal arch	Place / location	description	image
Arch of the Sergians	Pula , Istria	Roman arch of honor, privately erected by Salvia Postuma Sergia for her brothers between 25 and 10 BC. Chr.

Laos

Triumphal arch	Place / location	description	image
Patuxai	Vientiane	Arch of honor, erected in the 1960s as a "Memorial to the Heroes of the Royal Army" to commemorate Laos ' independence from France in 1949.

Libya

Triumphal arch	Place / location	description	image
Arch of Septimius Severus	Leptis Magna	Four-sided Roman arch of honor ( quadrifrons ), erected in 203 on the occasion of the visit of Emperor Septimius Severus to Tripoli.
Arch of Tiberius	Leptis Magna	Roman arch of honor for Tiberius , erected in the 1st century on the Via triumphalis.
Arch of Trajan	Leptis Magna	Roman arch of honor for Trajan , erected in 110, probably on the occasion of the elevation of the city to a Roman colony .
Marc Aurel Arch	Tripoli	Roman arch of honor for Marcus Aurelius , erected soon after his death in 161, the only remaining monument from Roman times in Tripoli.

Morocco

Triumphal arch	Place / location	description	image
Caracalla Arch	Volubilis	Roman arch of honor, erected by Marcus Aurelius Sebastenus for Caracalla in the year 217.

Mexico

Triumphal arch	Place / location	description	image
Monumento a la Revolución	Mexico city	Monument to commemorate the Mexican Revolution, completed in 1938 .

Moldova

Triumphal arch	Place / location	description	image
Triumphal arch	Chișinău	Triumphal Arch, erected in 1840 on the occasion of the Russian victory in the Russo-Turkish War of 1828/1829 .

North Korea

Triumphal arch	Place / location	description	image
Triumphal arch	Pyongyang	Highest triumphal arch in the world, inaugurated in 1982 to commemorate the return of Kim Il-sung from the Korean War .

North Macedonia

Triumphal arch	Place / location
Porta Macedonia	Skopje

Austria

Triumphal arch	Place / location	description	image
Heidentor	Carnuntum	Roman victory monument in the form of a quadrifron, probably from the middle of the 4th century, of uncertain destination.
Triumphal Gate	innsbruck	Arch of honor, erected in 1765 to commemorate the wedding of Archduke Leopold to Maria Ludovica .

Portugal

Triumphal arch	Place / location	description	image
Arco da Rua Augusta	Lisbon	Triumphal Arch, completed in 1875 to commemorate the reconstruction of the city after the devastating earthquake of 1755 .

Romania

Triumphal arch	Place / location	description	image
Arcul de Triumf	Bucharest	Triumphal Arch, completed in 1936 in memory of the victory in the First World War .

Russia

Triumphal arch	Place / location	description	image
Red Gate	Moscow	Arch of honor, erected in 1753 to replace a wooden building that was built for the coronation procession of Elizabeth of Russia in 1742 . The building was demolished in 1928.
Triumphal arch	Moscow	Triumphal Arch, completed in 1834 in memory of Russia's victory over Napoleon Bonaparte .
Moscow Triumphal Gate	St. Petersburg	Triumphal Arch, completed in 1838 to commemorate the Russo-Turkish War from 1828 to 1829.
Narva Triumphal Arch	St. Petersburg	Triumphal Arch, completed in 1834 in memory of Russia's victory over Napoleon Bonaparte .
Cossack triumphal arches	St. Petersburg	Two similar triumphal arches, erected in 1814 by returning Cossacks in memory of the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig .

Spain

Triumphal arch	Place / location	description	image
Arc de Triomf	Barcelona	Triumphal Arch, erected in 1888 for the World Exhibition in Barcelona .
Arco de la Victoria	Madrid	Triumphal Arch, completed in 1956 by the Spanish military junta to commemorate the battle in the Ciudad Universitaria of 1936 in the Spanish Civil War .
Puerta de Alcalá	Madrid	City gate, inaugurated in 1778.
Puerta de Toledo	Madrid	City gate, on the occasion of the liberation from the French occupation and the Bourbon restoration under King Ferdinand VII.
Arch of Medinaceli	Medinaceli	Roman arch of honor, erected in the 2nd century.
Arc de Berà	Roda de Berà , Catalonia	Roman arch of honor, erected towards the end of the 1st century BC Chr.

Syria

Triumphal arch	Place / location	description	image
"Quadrifrons"	Latakia	Originally a Hellenistic tetrapylon , converted into a Roman arch of honor in the 2nd century.
Tetrapylon	Palmyra	Roman tetrapylon, built in the 2nd century in the center of the ancient city.

Tunisia

Triumphal arch	Place / location	description	image
Arch of Trajan	Mactaris	Roman arch of honor for Trajan , erected in 116 on the occasion of the elevation of the city to a municipality .
Antoninus Pius Arch	Sufetula	Roman arch of honor, erected in 139 in honor of Antoninus Pius and his adopted sons Mark Aurel and Lucius Verus .
Tetrarch arch	Sufetula	Roman arch of honor, erected around 300 in honor of the rulers of the first tetrarchy .
Alexander Severus Arch	Thugga	Roman arch of honor, erected between 222 and 235 in honor of Alexander Severus .
Arch of Septimius Severus	Thugga	Roman arch of honor, erected in 205 in honor of Septimius Severus , on the road from Theveste to Carthage .

Turkey

Triumphal arch	Place / location	description	image
Arch of Honor	Anazarbos	Roman, three-sided arch of honor of unknown time and destination.

Ukraine

Triumphal arch	Place / location	description	image
Triumphal arch	Novhorod-Siverskyi	Ehrenbogen, erected from 1767 to 1787 in honor of Catherine the Great .

Hungary

Triumphal arch	Place / location	description	image
Triumphal arch	Vác	Ehrenbogen, erected in 1764 in honor of Maria Theresa on the occasion of her official visit to the city.

United Kingdom

Triumphal arch	Place / location	description	image
War memorial	Leicester	Erected in 1923 in the shape of a quadrifron to commemorate those who fell in the First World War .
Marble Arch	London	Originally built as the entrance gate to Buckingham Palace , moved to the west end of Oxford Street in 1851 .
Wellington Arch	London	Triumphal Arch, erected in 1830 to commemorate the British victories in the Napoleonic Wars ; Moved to its current location in Hyde Park Corner in 1883.
Triumphal arch	Rutupiae fort	Roman triumphal arch in the shape of a quadrifron from the 1st century.

United States

Triumphal arch	Place / location	description	image
Millennium Gate	Atlanta	Arch of Honor and Museum, opened in 2008 and dedicated to the peaceful achievements, especially Georgia and its people.
Victory Arch	Newport News , Virginia	Arch of Honor, erected in 1919, renovated in 1962 and dedicated to all who served in the armies of the United States during wartime .
Dewey Arch	New York City	Triumphal Arch, erected for George Dewey's honorary parade on the occasion of his victory in the Battle of Manila in 1898, the building had to be demolished without replacement in 1900 as it was in disrepair.
Soldiers 'and Sailors' Arch	New York City	Triumphal Arch, erected from 1889 to 1892 for the defenders of the Union in the Civil War of 1861–1865.
Washington Square Arch	New York City	Arch of Honor, inaugurated in 1895 and erected to mark the centenary of George Washington 's inauguration as the first President of the United States .
Atlantic and Pacific Arches	Washington, DC	Arch of Honor, inaugurated in 2004 to mark the opening of the Second World War Memorial , dedicated to all Americans, civilians and military alike, who served in World War II .
Tilton Memorial Arch	Tilton , New Hampshire	Memorial monument erected in 1882 by Charles Tilton to symbolize the victories of peace.

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• "Triumphal arch" from William Smith, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, John Murray, London 1875 at LacusCurtius .

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