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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]
In architecture, "triumphal arch" is also the name given to the arch above the entrance to the chancel of a medieval church where a rood can be placed. [1] and more generally a combination of "one large and two small doorways", [2] such as Leon Battista Alberti's façades for the Tempio Malatestiano and San Andrea, Mantua. [3]
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]
In this vein, he commissioned a series of three monumental woodblock prints: The Triumphal Arch (1512–18, 192 woodcut panels, 295 cm wide and 357 cm high—approximately 9'8" by 11'8½"); and a Triumphal Procession (1516–18, 137 woodcut panels, 54 m long), which is led by a Large Triumphal Carriage (1522, 8 woodcut panels, 1½' high and 8 ...
The triumphal arch was built in the 4th century AD to celebrate the victory of Constantine - the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity - over his rival, Maxentius.
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
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