Arch of Triumph
Conqueror's ceremonial passage
A monumental arch built to commemorate military victory or honor a leader.
The most famous is the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, commissioned by Napoleon.
Roman emperors built triumphal arches throughout the empire, establishing the form.
The phrase sometimes appears figuratively for any grand entrance or crowning achievement: He walked through the arch of triumph after closing the deal.
- ParisFrance's chief city
- Arc de TriompheMonumental arch in Paris
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- victoryDefeating an opponent
- NapoleonFrench emperor, military genius
gateway · city gate · marble · soldiers · parade · Champs-Élysées · eternal · flame · tomb · commemorative · grandeur · columns · inscription · military · military parade · glory · procession · wreath
- North KoreaPyongyang, Kim Jong Un, Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong-il
- Syrian AntiquitiesPalmyra
Arch of Triumphwar memorial
Tribute to fallen soldiers
cenotaph · Vietnam Veterans Memorial · tomb of the unknown soldier
Arch of Triumphdefensive wall
Barrier for protection
barricade · Berlin Wall · fortification · city wall · rampart
Arch of Triumphpillory
Public punishment restraint
stocks · gallows · scaffold · Appomattox
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