Porte du Peyrou
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The Arc de Triomphe or Porte du Peyrou is a triumphal arch in Montpellier, in southern France.
The arch was designed by the Languedoc architect Charles-Augustin Daliver, after the model of the Porte Saint-Denis in Paris. Its construction was completed in 1692. It was designed in the Doric style with later carvings glorifying King Louis XIV of France.
These carvings show 4 major events from the reign of Louis XIV:
- the capture of Namur during the War of the Grand Alliance and the kneeling of the Dutch Republic before Louis XIV
- Louis dressed as 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
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