The Arcul de Triumf ( Romanian; "Triumphal Arch") is a triumphal arch located in the northern part of

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north o ...

, Romania, on the Kiseleff Road. The first, wooden, triumphal arch was built hurriedly, after

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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 on the

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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

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. Presently, military parades are held beneath the arch each 1 December, with the occasion of Romania's national holiday.

Elisabeta Palace Elisabeta Palace () is a palace on Kiseleff Road in Bucharest, Romania. Built in 1936, it is the official residence in Romania of Margareta of Romania, her husband Prince Radu, and her sister Princess Maria. The Palace was designed in 1930 ...

, the current residence of the

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, is located near the Arch of Triumph, in

Herăstrău Park King Michael I Park ( ro, Parcul "Regele Mihai I"), formerly Herăstrău Park ( ro, Parcul Herăstrău), is a large park on the northern side of Bucharest, Romania, around Lake Herăstrău, one of the lakes formed by the Colentina River. Geogra ...

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File:Franz Mandy - Intoarcerea victorioasa in Bucuresti a armatei romane de pe frontul din Bulgaria.jpg, Arcul de Triumf in 1878 File:Nicolae Ionescu - Pretzel vendors in uniform in front of the Triumph Arch.jpg, Vendors near Arcul de Triumf, late 1930s File:Crown lateral Arch of Triumph Bucharest.jpg, The symbol of the Royal Crown (the Romanian "Steel Crown"), depicted on the Eastern façade

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