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The arch has a single, barrel-vaulted archway, and is 15.60 m high and 8.60 m wide. Each façade has four pilasters at the corners of the two side pillars, supporting an entablature. Above the architraves is an attic which, like them, juts out in its central section above the archway.
Arch of Trajan: c. 109 AD Canosa di Puglia: Italy: Canusium Arch of Hadrian: c. 1st or 2nd centuries AD Capua: Italy: Capuae Arch of Augustus: 9 AD Fano: Italy: Fanum Fortunae Arch of Tiberius 18–19 AD Pompei: Italy: Pompeii: Arch of Augustus: c. 36–29 BC: Rome: Italy: Roma Arch of Constantine: 312–315 AD Rome: Italy: Roma Arch of Drusus ...
The Door of No Return is a memorial arch in Ouidah, Benin. The concrete and bronze arch, which stands on the beach, is a memorial to the enslaved Africans who were taken from the slave port of Ouidah to the Americas. Several artists and designers collaborated with the architect, Yves Ahouen-Gnimon, to realise the project.
The Arch of Septimius Severus is a 1742 landscape painting by the Italian artist Canaletto. It depicts the Arch of Septimius Severus , a triumphal arch in Rome . [ 1 ] Constructed in the Roman Forum during the early third century to celebrate victories of the Roman Empire in the Parthian Wars .
The Notre Dame de Miséricorde cathedral, commonly known as the Cotonou Cathedral in Cotonou Basilica of Ouidah.. The Catholic Church in Benin is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
Location; Country Nigeria Territory: Edo State: Coordinates: Information; Denomination: Roman Catholic: Rite: Latin Rite: Cathedral: Holy Cross Cathedral, Benin City ...
The royal arts of the Benin Kingdom of southern region Nigeria affirm the centrality of the Oba, or divine king, portraying his divine nature. While recording the kingdom's significant historical events and the Oba's involvement with them, they also initiate the Oba's interactions with the supernatural and honor his deified ancestors, forging a continuity that is vital to the kingdom's well-being.
The arch, which was constructed between 312 and 315, was dedicated by the Senate to commemorate ten years (a decennia [b]) of Constantine's reign (306–337) and his victory over the then reigning emperor Maxentius (306–312) at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge on 28 October 312, [4] as described on its attic inscription, [5] and officially opened on 25 July 315.