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triumphal arch
triumphal arch monumental structure embodying one or more arched passages, frequently built to span a road and designed to honor a king or general or to commemorate a military triumph. This form of monument was probably invented by the Romans, who built them throughout the empire. Examples exist in... Read more |
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spandrel
spandrel. Architectural term for the approximately triangular space between the outer curve of an arch and the rectangular frame enclosing the arch, or for the wall surface between two adjacent arches; more loosely the term is applied to any triangular area with curved sides, as in the series of... Read more |
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Saintes
Saintes , town (1990 pop. 27,546), Charente-Maritime dept., W France, on the Charente River. It is a market for grains, brandy, and leather; telecommunications equipment is manufactured. The town, probably the capital of the Celtic Santones and later occupied by the Romans, was the capital of old ... Read more |
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Vac
Vác , Ger. Waitzen , town (1991 est. pop. 33,858), N central Hungary, on the Danube River. A commercial center producing textiles, footwear, cement, and tools, it is also a favorite summer resort of Budapest residents. Dating from Roman times, Vác was made (1008) a bishopric by St.... Read more |
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Arc de Triomphe
Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile , imposing triumphal arch in Paris standing on an elevation at the end of the Avenue des Champs Élysées and in the center of the Place de l'Étoile, which is formed by the intersection of 12 radiating avenues. It commemorates the victories of... Read more |
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Arc de Triomphe de letoile
Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile , imposing triumphal arch in Paris standing on an elevation at the end of the Avenue des Champs Élysées and in the center of the Place de l'Étoile, which is formed by the intersection of 12 radiating avenues. It commemorates the victories of... Read more |
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Aosta
Aosta , city (1990 pop. 36,339), capital of Valle d'Aosta region and of Aosta prov., NW Italy, near the junction of the Great and Little St. Bernard roads. Aosta is an industrial and tourist center. It has used its position at the confluence of the Buthier and Dora Baltea rivers to produce... Read more |
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Pula
Pula , Ital. Pola, city (1991 pop. 62,378), W Croatia, on the Adriatic and at the southern tip of the Istrian peninsula. A major seaport and an industrial center, it has shipyards, docks, and varied manufactures. Captured (178 BC) by the Romans, it was destroyed by Augustus, but was rebuilt by him... Read more |
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Francesco Laurana
Laurana, Francesco (b Vrana, nr. Zara, Dalmatia [now Zadar, Croatia], c.1430; d Marseilles, ?1502). Italian sculptor, born in Dalmatia, at that time subject to Venice. He is first recorded in 1453 in Naples, where he was one of several sculptors who worked on the decorations to the triumphal arch... Read more |
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Szombathely
Szombathely , Ger. Steinamanger, city (1991 est. pop. 85,700), W Hungary, near the Austrian border. An important railway junction, it produces leather goods, agricultural machinery, textiles, and shoes and is also a market for local farm products. Szombathely has been an episcopal see since the... Read more |
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triumphal arch
triumphal arch Massive masonry structure, containing one, two or three arches covered with a flat, oblong attic. Triumphal arches were originally built by the Romans...scenes. See also Arc de Triomphe; arch |
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Arc de Triomphe
Arc de Triomphe Triumphal arch in the Place Charles de Gaulle, Paris. The Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile is a generalized copy of the triumphal arches erected in ancient Rome to commemorate the victories of individual... |
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Four Courts
...replaced by a monumental, centrally domed block, and the south side was replaced by a screen wall with a central triumphal arch. The new quadrangle was repeated to the east of the domed block, making it the impressive centrepiece of the building... |
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neo-classical architecture
...Palladian, architecture. Thus his south front of Kedleston Hall, Derbys. (1760–8), suggests the form of a triumphal arch. James Wyatt (1748–1813), who also studied in Italy, was said by his contemporaries to have further refined... |
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Verulamium
...theatre was rebuilt. The auditorium was extended over part of the orchestra, the floor levels were raised, and a triumphal arch was built spanning Watling Street. The building was finally abandoned at the end of the 4th century and the site... |
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triumphal
tri·um·phal / trīˈəmfəl/ • adj. made, carried out, or used in celebration of a great victory or achievement: a vast triumphal arch a triumphal procession. |
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arch
...passageway or a ceremonial monument: a triumphal arch. ∎ a shape resembling such a structure...with such a shape: the delicate arch of his eyebrows. ∎ the inner side...intr.] have the curved shape of an arch: a bridge that arched over a canal... |
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Titus
...accompanied him back to Rome, although he was forced by the disapproval of his own people to send her away.Arch of Titus a triumphal arch, commemorating the capture of Jerusalem by Titus, erected in the Forum at Rome by Titus's brother and... |
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Orange
...Orange, southern France. The city grew up around its Roman monuments, which include a semicircular theatre and a triumphal arch. In the 11th century it became an independent countship, and from the 12th century its rulers were vassals of the... |
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St Pauls outside the Walls, Rome
...4th cent. and completed by the Emp. Honorius (395–402/3). This was destroyed by fire in 1823, only the triumphal arch and its mosaics surviving. The present church, which conforms to the plan of the earlier basilica, was consecrated... |
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Celebrating in the streets: a century of triumphal arches.
...of welcome. This 'triumphal arch', as it was called...hundreds of similar arches erected throughout Queensland...structures were triple arches, with a large central arch flanked by two smaller arches, an arrangement ... |
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A researcher from Oxford's English faculty has discovered a design for one of...
...s English faculty has discovered a design for one of seven triumphal arches which were to have been built along a procession route celebrating...postponement of the procession until March 15th, 1604, when the arch appears to have been abandoned. Katherine Duncan-Jones... |
 "The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)")
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THE PARTHENON, THE COLOSSEUM, THE TRIUMPHAL ARCH -- ALL ON THE STREETS WHERE...
...gates, the rounded single arch is flanked by massive piers...attic. The inscription on the Arch of Titus commemorates the Roman...entrances. The three rounded arches are surmounted by open-pierced...or rifles at the enemy. A triumphal arch ... |
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President puts flowers to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Triumphal Arch.
...of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych took part in the ceremony of laying flowers to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Triumphal Arch. At the beginning of the ceremony, the Head of Ukrainian state passed along the line of the Republican Guards and... |
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PRESIDENT PUTS FLOWERS TO THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER AT THE TRIUMPHAL ARCH.
...of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych took part in the ceremony of laying flowers to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Triumphal Arch. At the beginning of the ceremony, the Head of Ukrainian state passed along the line of the Republican Guards and... |
 "Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)")
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Triumphal arch for Phoenix Initiative; JIGSAW OF REVAMPED CITY CENTRE STARTS...
...cranes will be used to assemble the Whittle Arch above Millennium Place, a civic square...route to Pool Meadow Bus Station. The arch, named after Sir Frank Whittle, the...The construction is made up of twin arches, which will lean against each other and...metres. Each will ... |
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For Bond No. 9's High-Spirited, Holiday-Time Eau De Parfum Launch, the...
...Opulence) designed a wood-and-stucco arch in the style of Paris's Arc de Triomphe...Washington Square, viewed through its arch past casually dressed park-goers in the...even see the coffered square panels of the arch's interior -- each square with a carved... |
 "The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)")
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NATURE'S OWN TRIUMPHAL ARCH
With snowflakes in the air, this may seem to be the wrong time to be writing about rainbows. But I've just read for the second time Fred Schaaf's essay "100 Rainbows" in his new book "The Starry Room," and I'm reminded that rainbows are not necessarily a seasonal phenomenon. For five years Schaaf |
 "The Independent (London, England)")
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Iraq repairs Saddam's triumphal sword arch
...restore the notorious "Hands of Victory" arch in Baghdad, enraging many who see the...four years ago. Saddam commissioned the arch in 1985 and rode beneath it on a white...pavements in a country ravaged by war, the arch's restoration has raised the hackles... |
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Piranesi, Juvarra, and the triumphal bridge tradition
...the archaeological problem of the triumphal bridge made to the creative process...feature that takes the form of a triumphal arch.1 Its functionality is uncertain...of invention on the theme of the triumphal bridge by artists associated with... |
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