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The Triumphal Arch «To My Honorable Comrades-in-Arms»

Categories / Tsarskoe Selo and town of Pushkin. The digital chronological reference book/The Pantheon of military glory/Monuments dedicated to important events of the military history of Russia of the XVII - XIX centuries

The Arch “To My Honorable Comradesin-Arms” was designed by famous Russian architect V.P. Stasov and was built in 1814 to welcome those who were returning from the Patriotic War of 1812 and foreign campaigns of the Russian army. This was the way Alexander I expressed his gratitude to the military commanders and counselors who participated in the Patriotic War of 1812 and the foreign campaign of 1813-1814 and defeated the army of Napoleon and set Europe free.
It took 92 days to construct the gate. All cast iron parts were made at Alexandrovsky iron foundry in Petrozavodsk and were transported to St. Petersburg by water.
The gate is 9.2 meters high and weighs 100.5 t. The fence of the Catherine Park and the wings of the gate were designed by A. Mendelas. They perfectly match the grand Triumphal Arch.