General Information
| Completion: | 1936 |
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| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Triumphal / monumental arch |
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Location
Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 27 m |
Case Studies and Applied Products
Triumphal Arch of Bucharest protected against earthquake
The industrial monument Triumphal Arch of Bucharest was subject to a complete overhaul and protected by means of seismic isolation against earthquake. An expansion joint that is 86 m long, 1.25 m wide and moveable into all directions enc ... [more]
Excerpt from Wikipedia
Arcul de Triumf is a triumphal arch located in the northern part of Bucharest, on the Kiseleff Road.
The first, wooden, triumphal arch was built hurriedly, after Romania gained its independence (1878), so that the victorious troops could march under it. Another arch with concrete skeleton and plaster exterior of elaborate sculptures and decoration designed by Petre Antonescu was built on the same site after World War I in 1922. The arch exterior, which had seriously decayed, was replaced in 1935 by the current much more sober Neoclassical design, more closely modelled in the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. The new arch, also designed by Petre Antonescu and executed in stone, was inaugurated on 1 December 1936.
The arch has a height of 27 metres. It has as its foundation a 25 x 11.50 metres rectangle. The sculptures with which the facades are decorated were created by famous Romanian sculptors such as Ion Jalea and Dimitrie Paciurea.
Presently, military parades are held beneath the arch each December 1, with the occasion of Romania's national holiday.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Arcul de Triumf" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
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20034999 - Published on:
05/03/2008 - Last updated on:
09/07/2017
