The Triumphal Arch - Autumn colors - Bucharest
The Triumphal Arch is a monument located in the northern part of Bucharest, in sector 1, at the intersection of Kiseleff road with Constantin Prezan, Alexandru Averescu and Alexandru Constantinescu boulevards. The monument, designed by Petre Antonescu, was built in the period 1921-1922, renovated in the period 1935-1936, and renovated again starting in 2014.
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The Triumphal Arch is 27 m high, with a single opening and is parallelepipedal in shape. The models were executed by plastic artists, and for the carving of the Ruschița marble, in addition to local sculptors, a number of ten sculptors from Italy were also called upon.
Together with the Coronation Cathedral in Alba Iulia, the Mausoleum in Mărășești, the Cross of Heroes of the Nation on Mount Caraiman, and the Tomb of the Unknown Hero in Carol I Park, the Arc de Triomphe is among the monuments that commemorate Romania's participation in the First World War on the The Allies, at the end of which almost all the territories inhabited by Romanians found themselves reunited for the first time.
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