Memorial gates and arches are architectural monuments in the form of gates and arches or other entrances, constructed as a memorial, often dedicated to a particular war though some are dedicated to individuals. The function, and very often the architectural form, is similar to that of a Roman triumphal arch, with the emphasis on remembrance and commemoration of war casualties, on marking a civil event (the country's independence, for example), or on providing a monumental entrance to a city, as opposed to celebrating a military success or general, though some memorial arches perform both functions. They can vary in size, but are commonly monumental stone structures combining features of both an archway and a gate, often forming an entrance or straddling a roadway, but sometimes constructed in isolation as a standalone structure, or on a smaller scale as a local memorial to war dead. Although they can share architectural features with triumphal arches, memorial arches and gates constructed from the 20th century onwards often have the names of the dead inscribed on them as an act of commemoration.
Memorial gates
Africa
Ghana Black Star Gate (1961), Accra
Europe
Belgium Menin Gate, Ypres
France Porte Désilles, Nancy
Germany Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
United Kingdom University of Glasgow Memorial Gates, Glasgow Memorial Gates, London
North America
Canada Memorial Gates (University of Saskatchewan), Saskatoon Roddick Gates, Montreal
United States Hurlbut Memorial Gate, Detroit Confederate Memorial Gates in Mayfield Confederate Memorial Gateway in Hickman Soldiers Memorial Gate (Brown University)
Memorial arches
Asia
Afghanistan Taq-e Zafar (Arch of Victory) (1928), Paghman
India India Gate (1931), New Delhi Gateway of India (1924), Mumbai Sabhyata Dwar (2018), Patna
Iraq Swords of Qādisīyah (Victory Arch) (1989), Baghdad
Saudi Arabia Mecca Gate (1979), Jeddah Al-Abtal Gate (2013), Riyadh
Europe
Belgium Cinquantenaire Arcade (1905), Brussels
France Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile (1836), Paris Thiepval Memorial (1932), Thiepval
Germany Siegestor (1850), Munich
Ireland Fusiliers' Arch (1907), Dublin
Italy Arco della Vittoria (1931), Genoa
North Macedonia Porta Macedonia (2012), Skopje
Portugal Rua Augusta Arch (1873), Lisbon
Spain Arc de Triomf (1888), Barcelona
United Kingdom Arch of Remembrance (1925), WWI memorial in Leicester City War Memorial (1927), WWI memorial in Nottingham
North America
Canada Peace Arch (1921), Canada–US border National War Memorial (1939), Ottawa Royal Military College of Canada Memorial Arch, Kingston
Mexico Monumento a la Revolución (1938), Mexico City
United States Memorial Arch of Tilton (1882), Northfield, New Hampshire Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch (1886), Hartford, Connecticut Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch (1892), Brooklyn, New York City Washington Square Arch (1892), Manhattan, New York City War Correspondents Memorial Arch (1896), Gathland State Park, Maryland Confederate Memorial (1902), Fulton, Kentucky Confederate Soldier Memorial (1902), Columbus, Ohio Smith Memorial Arch (1912), West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania State Memorial, Gettysburg (1914), Pennsylvania National Memorial Arch (1917), Valley Forge, Pennsylvania Victory Arch (1919), Macarty Square, New Orleans, Louisiana Victory Gate (1919, razed 1920), Madison Square Park, Manhattan, New York City Rosedale World War I Memorial Arch (1924), Kansas City, Kansas Memorial Arch (1924), Huntington, West Virginia Gateway Arch (1965), St. Louis, Missouri
References
External links Memorial Arch at Stanford University List of Chinese memorial arches Rugby's War Memorial Gates News story about memorial gates in New Zealand Example of an Australian memorial gate