Triumphal Arc, Kamianets-Podilskyi

Triumphal Arc, Kamianets-Podilskyi

The Triumphal Arc (|language=Russian]

The Triumphal Arc is covered in white stone, and leads visitors into the Ss. Peter and Paul Cathedral. Above the entrance, there is an inscription reading that King Stanisław Poniatowski walked through here on November 11, 1781. The arc's columns are of the Ionic order.

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