The Arc de Triomphe is another example of Roman splendour in Orange and is also on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
This urban arch of impressive proportions, more than 19 m long and 20 m high, served as a gate at the entrance to the Roman city of Arausio in the 1st century AD.

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November 5, 2024

The Arch of Orange (also known as the Triumphal Arch or Arch of Augustus of Orange) is a three-gate triumphal arch, probably from the late Augustan or early Tiberian period, which was located in front of the northern city entrance to ancient Arausio, today's Orange in the southern French department of Vaucluse, and was about 110 meters outside the city.

Almost all of the arch's surfaces are covered with reliefs, the majority of which are depictions of weapons and tropes. There are also battle reliefs of victorious Romans fighting defeated Gauls, as well as minor reliefs from the area of Roman religion. Fastening holes for attaching metal letters, which roughly determine the reason and time of the building's construction, allow the inscription to be reconstructed, although its interpretation is debated.

The arch was converted into a fortress in the 13th century and provided with an eight-meter-high tower. At that time it was owned by Raymond I of Baux, the prince of Orange, and belonged to the Principality of Orange until 1725. A careful restoration carried out in the 19th century was revised in the 1950s in keeping with the spirit of the times, so that it is hardly possible for the layperson to visually distinguish between the ancient findings and the restoration.

In 1840 the arch was declared a monument historique and thus placed under monument protection as a remarkable building. Since 1981 the monument has also been a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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