triumphal arch

monumental structure in the shape of an archway
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Summary

triumphal arch ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,221 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: memorial arch[2]
  • Commons category: Triumphal arches[3]
  • Country of origin: Roman Empire[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Triumphal arches[5]
  • OpenStreetMap tag: building=triumphal_arch[6]
  • Depicted by: Capriccio with Classical Arch and Goats[7]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[14], The New Student's Reference Work[15], Meyer’s Universum, Elfter Band[16], Pauly–Wissowa[17]
  • Exact match: http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/04486054-n[18]
  • P14692: list of destroyed libraries[19]

Why It Matters

triumphal arch has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · THEbotIT bot · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'br', 'bs', 'ca', 'cs', 'da',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa, Add reference to a lexicon article."
  2. 8w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → list of destroyed libraries
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
  3. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q296725
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q296725, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  4. 16w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id → 6575
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Oxford classical dictionary id: 6575, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107288493|triumphal arch (#107288493)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford C"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → —
    Depicted by → Capriccio with Classical Arch and Goats
    Aliases → —
    Country of origin → Roman Empire
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 4121, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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