A triumphal arch is a building in the shape of a monumental gate, usually built to celebrate a victory in war.
Temporary triumphal arch
Commemorating election of Emilio Aguinaldo as President of the Philippines, 1899
Some triumphal arches are made of stone and intended to be permanant. Temporary triumphal arches are also constructed, intended to be used for a celebratory parade or ceremony and then be dismantled afterwards.
Permanent monumental triumphal arches include:
Austria
- Siegestor, Innsbruck
- Sergius Arch, Pula, Istria
- Marble Arch, London
- Wellington Arch, London
- Montpellier
- Nevers
- Orange
- Arc de Triomphe, Paris (1806-1836)
- Arc du Carrousel, Paris
- Grande Arche, La Défense, Paris (1982-1989)
- Porte Saint-Denis, Paris
- Roman site of Glanum, near Saint Rémy de Provence
- Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
- Siegestor, Munich (1843-1850)
- Hadrian's Arch, Athens
- Gateway of India, Mumbai
- Ancona
- Augustan Arch, Aosta
- Benevento
- Arco Campano, Capua
- Arch of Augustus, Fano
- Arco della Pace, Milan (1807-1838)
- Arch of Augustus, Rimini
- Arch of Constantine, Rome (312-315)
- Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome (203)
- Arch of Titus, Rome (81)
- Susa
- Arco dei Gavi, Verona
- Triumph Arch, Bucharest
- Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, New York
- Monumental Arch, Galveston, Texas (1987-1990)
- Washington Square, New York, New York