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53: 168: 164:) and in 1873 the provincial commission of monuments redirected the street which passed under the arch, in order to safeguard the monument. The arch was declared a historic-artistic monument among the national artistic treasures of Spain in 1931. In 2004, the commune of Cabanes approved the "Special Plan for the Protection of the Roman Road and Arch at Cabanes" 333: 328: 206:, of which the two quadrangular columns, including mouldings at the top and bottom, survive, as does the arch on top, a semicircle of fourteen wedge-shaped segments placed radially. 154:
The construction of the arch is attributed to the 2nd century on the basis of the discovery of ceramic material and coinage from this period at the base of the monument.
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The monument is ruined – lacking most of the body above the archway. All that remains are the two pylons and the arch itself, while the
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It was probably erected as part of a private funerary monument, perhaps in connection with a rural villa in the area.
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built in the 2nd century AD. It is located approximately 2 km (1.2 mi) from
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have disappeared, as have the decorative elements, such as the mouldings of the
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and the pylons. It is around 5.8 metres in height and 6.92 metres in width.
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Buildings and structures in the Province of Castellón
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Castellón
Cabanes
Spain

www.cabanes.es/es/content/arco-romano
Roman
triumphal arch
Cabanes
Castellón
Valencia
via Augusta

entablature
spandrels
fascia
limestone
granite
mortar
List of Roman triumphal arches
Entry on the Arch of Cabanes
Civic regulations
Archived
Wayback Machine
ISBN
84-86895-09-X
Entry on the Arch of Cabanes
Entry on the Arch of Cabanes
Arch of Cabanes
Categories
Ancient Roman triumphal arches

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