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  2. Triumphal Arch of Orange - Wikipedia

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    The Triumphal Arch of Orange (French: Arc de triomphe d'Orange) is a triumphal arch located in the town of Orange, southeast France. [1] There is debate about when the arch was built, [2] but current research that accepts the inscription as evidence (27 BC–AD 14) [3] favours a date during the reign of emperor Augustus. [4]

  3. Roman Theatre of Orange - Wikipedia

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    The Théâtre d'Orange is considered the best preserved Roman theatre in all of Europe. It is managed by Culturespaces, an organization that also manages other related cultural sites in the area, such as the Orange Museum and the Triumphal Arch, among other sites in the South of France. This effort of preservation allows it to be used not just ...

  4. Triumphal arch - Wikipedia

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    The Triumphal Arch of Orange in Orange, France, ... A triumphal arch is a free-standing monumental structure in the shape of an archway with one or more arched ...

  5. List of Roman triumphal arches - Wikipedia

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    France: Aquae Gratianae Porte Noire: c. 171–175 AD Besançon: France: Vesontio Arch of Carpentras: 18–19 AD Carpentras: France: Carpentoracte Meminorum, Forum Neronis Triumphal Arch of Orange: c. 20–27 AD Orange: France: Colonia Julia Firma Secundanorum Arausio Porte de Mars: 3rd century AD Reims: France: Durocortorum: Pont Flavien: c. 12 BC

  6. Orange, Vaucluse - Wikipedia

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    The city was occupied by France in 1673, 1679, 1690, 1697 and 1702–1713 before it was finally ceded to France in 1713 under the Treaty of Utrecht. [10] Following the French Revolution in 1789, Orange was absorbed into the French department of Drôme, then Bouches-du-Rhône, then finally Vaucluse. However, the title remained with the Dutch ...

  7. Category:Triumphal arches in France - Wikipedia

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    Category: Triumphal arches in France. 16 languages. ... Triumphal Arch of Orange This page was last edited on 4 February 2019, at 01:32 (UTC). ...

  8. Architecture of Provence - Wikipedia

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    The Triumphal Arch of Orange at Orange, Vaucluse, was probably built to honor the veterans of the 11th legion in about twenty BC, during the time of the Emperor Augustus, and was later dedicated to the Emperor Tiberius. It was designed to show travellers to the new Roman province the superiority and power of Rome.

  9. The Ruins of Nîmes, Orange and Saint-Rémy-de-Provence

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    It combines the ruins shown in his Principal Monuments of France series, with the Maison Carrée to the left, the Triumphal Arch of Orange and Nîmes' Temple of Diana to the right and the Pont du Gard, the Triumphal Arch of Glanum and the Glanum Mausoleum in the far background. [2]