Triumphal Arch: (left) frieze above one of the side arches (inset) MARIO (right) decoration of the interior John Murray III - Hand-book for Travellers in France - 1843 (.) The building has been very judiciously repaired. It is a handsome structure in a good if not in the best style of Roman architecture its preservation is remarkable considering that it was incorporated in the palace of the Princes of Orange and the deep yellow tints of the stone, a tertiary limestone abounding in fossils of which it is composed, have a rich effect. The Triumphal Arch situated about 1 m outside the town on the road to Valence. This town situated about 3 m E of the Rhone was the ancient Arausio and is remarkable for the interesting Roman remains which it possesses. Henry Swinburne - Travels through Spain in the Years 17 to which is added a Journey from Bayonne to Marseille - 1787 Edition Have been built to support it being too weak Order, now menacing ruin, the pillars that Sumptuous edifices for the use and entertainment of its inhabitants: part of them are Orange was a post of consequence under the Romans, who called it Triumphal Arch as it is today: (left) southern/town side (right) eastern side We are now on truly classic ground and the farther we proceed the more numerous and interesting are those monuments of antiquity which the Romans left in this country. Corn fields, vineyards and numberless mulberry trees diversify the enchanting prospect: here are also to be seen some olive and pomegranate trees. In the neighbourhood of Orange (.) an inhabitant of northern climes will here behold the face of the country totally different from what he had been accustomed to see. Smollett visited Orange on his return trip from Italy, but English travellers on their way to that country were apprised by William Coxe in the 1819 Galignani's Traveller's Guide Through France: Tobias Smollett - Travels through France and Italy - 1766 It seems to me to be as entire and perfect as the arch of Septimius Severus at Rome. The ornaments of the architecture, and the sculpture, are wonderfully elegant for the time in which it was erected and the whole is surprisingly well preserved, considering its great antiquity. (.) It is a very magnificent edifice, adorned on all sides with trophies and battles in basso relievo. These consist of a circus, an aqueduct, a temple, and a triumphal arch. Orange, the Arausio of the Romans, is still distinguished by some noble monuments of antiquity. Triumphal Arch in two plates from " Alexandre de Laborde - The Monuments of France Chronologically Classified - 1816-1836": (left) northern side (right) eastern side You may wish to see an introductory page to this section first. (relief at Glanum and quotation from Pliny: "It is More Similar to Italy than to a Province")
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