The Wellington Arch, also known as the Constitution Arch or as the Green Park Arch, is a Grade I-listed triumphal arch by Decimus Burton that forms a centrepiece of Hyde Park Corner in central London,
The Wellington Arch 2013
1813 proposal by William Kinnard for a triumphal arch across Piccadilly at Hyde Park Corner. Apsley House can be seen through the arch.
East lodge to Prince of Wales's Gate, Hyde Park, 2023
1827 engraving showing the full ornamentation originally intended for the arch, including reliefs and statues. The engraving, from Thomas H. Shepherd's Metropolitan Improvements, was published while the arch was still under construction.
A triumphal arch is a free-standing monumental structure in the shape of an archway with one or more arched passageways, often designed to span a road, and usually standing alone, unconnected to other
Wellington Arch
…The Wellington Arch, also known as the Constitution Arch or (originally) as the Green Park Arch, is a Grade I-listed triumphal arch by Decimus Burton that forms a centrepiece of Hyde Park Corner in central London, the road junction near the south-eastern corner of Hyde Park. The…
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)
The Arc de Triomphe in Paris, begun by Napoleon in 1806
Triumphal arch at the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome
The Arch of Titus in Rome, an early Roman imperial triumphal arch with a single archway, built c. 81 AD by Emperor Domitian to commemorate his elder brother Titus's victory together with their father, Vespasian, over the Jewish rebellion in Judaea