It's tough to miss the grand Triumphal Arch when visiting Innsbruck. Empress Maria Theresa commissioned the arch, which only dates to the 18th century, in honor of her son's upcoming wedding.

It's hard to be sure when (or why) the first arch was built. We do know that the Romans of the last few centuries BCE were building "triumphal" arches to welcome their military heroes home from war.

The Siegestor ("Victory Gate") was built between 1843 and 1850 according to plans by Friedrich von Gärtner. It forms the border between two of Munich's most famous streets: Ludwigstrasse and ...

Finished in 315 C.E., the Arch of Constantine is one of Rome’s three surviving ancient triumphal arches, each erected to honor a person or event. This arch commemorates Constantine I’s 312 ...

Beneath triumphal arches, about 350 Communist trucks roared through Tibet into the Forbidden City of Lhasa last week, along two new main roads from Red China. Thirty thousand Tibetans gathered ...

Standing about 25 metres high, it is the largest of the three triumphal arches still preserved in Rome. It is located along the route followed by triumphal processions, near the Colosseum.

Arches were used in many ways: for windows and doorways, roofs, domes and vaults and for the famous Roman aqueducts and viaducts. Triumphal arches were commissioned by emperors to commemorate ...