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Porte du Peyrou

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Rue Foch, 34000 Montpellier, France

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Architect
  
Augustin-Charles d' Aviler

Similar
  
Montpellier Cathedral, Place de la Comédie, Musée Fabre, Jardin des plantes de Montpellier, Promenade du Peyrou

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The Porte du Peyrou is a triumphal arch in Montpellier, in southern France. It is situated at the eastern end of the Jardin de Peyrou, a park near the center of the city.

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The arch was designed by François Dorbay, after the model of the Porte Saint-Denis in Paris. Its construction was completed in 1693. Its rusticated surface is crowned by a Doric entablature, suitable to a martial monument. Its later panels in bas-relief and inscriptions glorifying King Louis XIV of France were added in 1715.

These reliefs show four major events from the reign of Louis XIV, rendered as allegories:

  • the capture of Namur during the War of the Grand Alliance, in which the figure representing the Dutch Republic kneels before Louis XIV
  • Louis in the figure of Hercules being crowned by Victory
  • the digging of the Canal du Midi that links the Bay of Biscay with the Mediterranean Sea
  • the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes.

    • The porte du peyrou christmas light show


    References

    Porte du Peyrou Wikipedia
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