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  • Thumbnail for Gateway Arch
    of the United States and officially dedicated to "the American people", the Arch, commonly referred to as "The Gateway to the West", is a National Historic...
    153 KB (15,988 words) - 15:54, 26 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Arch Linux
    Inspired by CRUX, another minimalist distribution, Judd Vinet started the Arch Linux project in March 2002. The name was chosen because Vinet liked the...
    56 KB (4,909 words) - 03:41, 28 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Arch of Titus
    The Arch of Titus (Italian: Arco di Tito; Latin: Arcus Tītī) is a 1st-century AD honorific arch, located on the Via Sacra, Rome, just to the south-east...
    23 KB (2,278 words) - 14:36, 27 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Marble Arch
    the arch was relocated to its current site, near the northeast corner of Hyde Park, so that expansion of Buckingham Palace could proceed. The arch gives...
    12 KB (1,386 words) - 16:29, 5 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Blue Hole (Red Sea)
    deep, known as "the saddle", and a 26 m (85 feet) long tunnel, known as "the Arch", whose ceiling is at a depth of 55 m (181 feet) and whose bottom falls...
    13 KB (1,558 words) - 19:46, 25 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Arch of Constantine
    The Arch of Constantine (Italian: Arco di Costantino) is a triumphal arch in Rome dedicated to the emperor Constantine the Great. The arch was commissioned...
    40 KB (4,493 words) - 15:47, 26 September 2024
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    or they may perform a purely decorative role. As a decorative element, the arch dates back to the 4th millennium BC, but structural load-bearing arches...
    80 KB (9,353 words) - 14:37, 20 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Arch bridge
    by the abutments at either side, and partially into a vertical load on the arch supports. A viaduct (a long bridge) may be made from a series of arches...
    27 KB (2,985 words) - 01:09, 15 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Wellington Arch
    Green Park. The Arch stands on a large green-space traffic island with crossings for pedestrian access. From its construction (1826–1830) the arch stood in...
    21 KB (2,544 words) - 17:42, 21 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for The Arch 1979–1980
    The Arch 1979–1980 (LH 503c) is a large stone sculpture by Henry Moore located in Kensington Gardens, London. It was given to the park by Moore in 1980...
    3 KB (263 words) - 20:38, 30 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Triumphal arch
    groups. The survival of great Roman triumphal arches such as the Arch of Titus or the Arch of Constantine has inspired many post-Roman states and rulers...
    26 KB (3,227 words) - 23:05, 6 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Arch of Septimius Severus
    The Arch of Septimius Severus (Italian: Arco di Settimio Severo) at the northwestern end of the Roman Forum is a white marble triumphal arch dedicated...
    23 KB (2,959 words) - 15:57, 26 September 2024
  • accounts, Doc Savage: The Arch Enemy of Evil was based very loosely on the October 1934 pulp novel Death in Silver. Doc Savage: The Arch Enemy of Evil would...
    46 KB (5,603 words) - 20:05, 12 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Keystone (architecture)
    placed during construction and locks all the stones into position, allowing the arch or vault to bear weight. In arches and vaults (such as quasi-domes) keystones...
    8 KB (803 words) - 18:30, 8 September 2024
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    filled with recessed masonry, or void. A lunette may also be segmental, and the arch may be an arc taken from an oval. A lunette window is commonly called a...
    3 KB (315 words) - 10:06, 12 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Arch of Galerius and Rotunda
    The Arch of Galerius (Greek: Αψίδα του Γαλερίου) or Kamara (Καμάρα) and the Rotunda (Ροτόντα) are neighbouring early 4th-century AD monuments in the city...
    21 KB (2,614 words) - 12:35, 24 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Arc de Triomphe
    tone for public monuments with triumphant patriotic messages. Inspired by the Arch of Titus in Rome, Italy, the Arc de Triomphe has an overall height of 50 m...
    36 KB (3,422 words) - 18:28, 12 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Azure Window
    tourist attractions until it collapsed in stormy weather on 8 March 2017. The arch, together with other natural features in the area, has appeared in a number...
    40 KB (3,402 words) - 15:29, 26 August 2024
  • possesses the title of local ordinary. As vicar of the (arch)bishop, the vicar general exercises the (arch)bishop's ordinary executive power over the entire...
    10 KB (1,167 words) - 13:06, 1 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch
    States. Designed by John Hemenway Duncan and built from 1889 to 1892, the arch commemorates American Civil War veterans. The monument is made of granite...
    145 KB (12,579 words) - 17:56, 28 September 2024
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