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The Triumphal Arch of Orange (French: Arc de triomphe d'Orange; Occitan: Arca Triomfala 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 ...
The Triumphal Arch of Orange in Orange, France, the oldest surviving triple-arched Roman triumphal arch, probably built during the reign of Emperor Augustus (27 BC–14 AD), later reconstructed by emperor Tiberius (c. 20–27 AD)
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]
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
Paris's Arc de Triomphe was the tallest triumphal arch until the completion of the Monumento a la Revolución in Mexico City in 1938, which is 67 m (220 ft) high. The Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang , completed in 1982, is modeled on the Arc de Triomphe and is slightly taller at 60 m (197 ft).
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 ...
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.
Category: Triumphal arches in France. 16 languages. ... Triumphal Arch of Orange This page was last edited on 4 February 2019, at 01:32 (UTC). ...