How To Use Triumphal arch In A Sentence
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The city grew up around its Roman monuments, which include a semicircular theatre and a triumphal arch.
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On it was erected a triumphal arch in Augustus's honor.
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Twelve roads radiate from the Triumphal Arch.
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they built a triumphal arch to memorialize their victory
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a triumphal arch
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The scale of the triumphal arch is gargantuan and this is reinforced by its highly simplified architectural detail.
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Especially rich were the half-dome of the apse and the wall-space surrounding its arch and called the _triumphal arch_; next in decorative importance came the broad band of wall beneath the clearstory windows.
A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised
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Today all that remains of the triumphal arch that greeted visitors to Roman Britain are its foundations.
Times, Sunday Times
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If you go to Rome today you can visit Titus' Triumphal Arch which bears the engraved image of the Menorah from the destroyed Temple in Jerusalem being carried victoriously into Rome.
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The last element to be added was the magnificent triumphal arch at the entrance from the Piazza del Duomo.
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Most of them were monuments to Leopold himself: triumphal arches, palaces, seaside resorts, museums, parks, royal châteaux and even golf courses.
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Marriage-sheds are erected at the houses both of the bride and bridegroom in accordance with the usual practice, and just before the marriage, parties are given at both houses; the village watchman brings the _toran_ or string of mango-leaves, which is hung round the marriage-shed in the manner of a triumphal arch, and in the evening the party assembles, the men sitting at one side of the shed and the women at the other.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala
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But other churches in the neighbourhood of Morlaix are well worth visiting; churches typical of the Finistère, with their wonderful calvaries, mortuaries and triumphal arches.
The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891
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That feature most symbolic of entrance, the triumphal arch, is to be found only at the foot of the Capitol, where the ancient texts place it.
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In the ruins of the Roman forum, a giant triumphal arch still bears his name.
Times, Sunday Times
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Thugga is now Dougga, a village of Tunis, famous for Its ruins, among which are the temple of the Capitol Built under Marcus Aurelius, a theatre, three triumphal arches, Roman necropoli, and a Punic
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon
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The axes, allées, triumphal arches, colonnades, rigidly symmetrical planting and carefully controlled vistas of past landscapes are vivid expressions of domination.
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The reverse commemorates the building of his triumphal arch, which still stands in Rome beside the Coliseum.
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Remnants of the city's forum, basilica, temple, ramparts, oil mills and a huge triumphal arch are well preserved.
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The surviving Greek public buildings were swept away and replaced by two forums, a triumphal arch, Imperial temples, a theatre, a basilica, and other purely Roman urban elements.
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The areas outside were enclosed and equipped with triumphal arches and calvaires - essentially Crucifixion scenes on poles, set about with extraordinarily rich biblical scenes.
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In Roman baths and on triumphal arches there were other ways of expressing height.
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The Roman triumphal arch was one of the main sources of Neo classical expression with it tripartite division of four equal columns unequally spaced.
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His successes are commemorated in a number of grandiose effigies, triumphal arches, vast frescoes and victory columns.
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The triumphal arch was to span a distance of 285 feet and rise 325 feet, dwarfing the Eiffel Tower.
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The triumphal arch and ossuary are very inferior to St. Thégonnec, but the calvary is a magnificent monument, unequalled in Brittany, richly sculptured and ornamented.
The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891
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Behind the column is the vast triumphal arch that joins the two wings of the General Staff Building.
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An impression of the original statue group on top may be gained from the chariot groups on the triumphal arch in the relief on the south.
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To the left we had the Champs-Elysees with their noble elms whose terminus is marked, off yonder on an elevation, by the great triumphal arch of Napoleon in the Place de L'Etoile.
France Through Canadian Eyes
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Apart from the interior triumphal arch, which is pointed, the other arches are semi-circular.
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His successes are commemorated in a number of grandiose effigies, triumphal arches, vast frescoes and victory columns.
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“archangels” — although the word archangel was not then known — that the flames formed themselves round him into a triumphal arch without touching him; that his body had the smell of baked bread; but that, having resisted the fire, he could not preserve himself against a sabre-cut; that his blood put out the burning pile, and that there sprung from it a dove which flew straight to heaven.
A Philosophical Dictionary
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Other Roman remains include the public baths and triumphal arch of Augustus.
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Formerly senior lecturer in classics at Royal Holloway, Peter Howell is writing a book on triumphal arches.
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The equestrian statue in Union Square and triumphal arch in Washington Square Park were adorned with flags and peace signs.
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The Corinthia consists of two curving towers, one slightly taller than the other, linked by a cavernous reception area topped by a triumphal arch.
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The rope and the gibbet is to be his portion; die he must; and what honour a man wins or saves, by that which gives him an opportunity of being hanged, is hard to be understood; but he that mistakes the cart for a triumphal chariot, or the gallow-tree for a triumphal arch, may apply himself to the obtaining such victories as these.
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. VII.
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In the late third century the site was levelled, including the triumphal arch, and a larger Saxon Shore fort constructed in stone, the walls of which now dominate the site.
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Rome also had numerous triumphal arches constructed throughout the city to celebrate military victories.
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Entering the village was like passing under an invisible triumphal arch, quite splendid.
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The scale of the triumphal arch is gargantuan and this is reinforced by its highly simplified architectural detail.
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His successes are commemorated in a number of grandiose effigies, triumphal arches, vast frescoes and victory columns.
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Its ramparts, in a state of partial preservation, are still to be seen; also a magnificent triumphal arch, with three openings about 82 feet wide by 29 high; a "naumachia", or circus for naval combats; two theatres; the forum with fifty-five columns still standing; the great colonnade which crosses the city from north to south, and which still retains from 100 to 150 of its columns; several aqueducts; some propylaea; a temple of the Sun, the columns of which are about 40 feet high, and several other temples, baths, etc. Greek and Latin inscriptions are very numerous among the ruins.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
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It was also reported that at numerous places on the road from Levens Hall to the entrance to Kendal, several triumphal arches and other forms of decorations were on show.
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The triumphal arch is used to honour the victorious military leader, and the arch of brotherhood is used to symbolise unity, equality and protection.
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The Corinthia consists of two curving towers, one slightly taller than the other, linked by a cavernous reception area topped by a triumphal arch.
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The immense triumphal arch, a gigantic mouth protended to swallow up the Cathedral!
The Torrent Entre Naranjos
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The city grew up around its Roman monuments, which include a semicircular theatre and a triumphal arch.
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On the right-hand side was a triumphal arch in three-quarters view, with two quadrigas on top.
Crusader Gold
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This huge triumphal arch was erected at the beginning of this century.
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The lower frame is modelled as a triumphal arch flanked by bound captives.
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Special details within the church render it unique including the fifth century mosaics of the central nave, the triumphal arch dating back to the pontificate of Pope Sixtus III (432-440) and the apsidal mosaic executed by the Franciscan friar Jacopo Torriti at the order of Pope Nicholas IV (1288-1292).
The Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore