Marble Arch stands at the northeastern corner of Hyde Park in London, designed by the architect John Nash and completed in 1833 using white Carrara marble, originally as a ceremonial gateway intended to stand directly in front of Buckingham Palace, which was itself being remodeled by Nash at the same time. The arch drew inspiration from the Arch of Constantine in Rome, adapted into a triple-arched form decorated with sculptural panels. It was moved to its present site near Hyde Park's Speaker's Corner in 1851, after the arch was found to be too narrow for the state coach to pass through following the palace's later expansion, a practical problem that ended its intended role as a royal entrance. Traffic reorganization around Hyde Park Corner in the twentieth century left the arch stranded on a large traffic island, separated from the park it once fronted, and it now functions purely as a freestanding monument and a widely recognized London landmark.
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Building Type LocationCumberland Gate, northeast corner of Hyde Park, London, England 1 Completed Year Classification
Standing Status Building Type
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Opening paragraph
The Marble Arch is a 19th-century white marble-faced triumphal arch in London, England.
Relocation section
The arch was dismantled in 1847 and rebuilt by Thomas Cubitt as a ceremonial entrance to the northeast corner of Hyde Park at Cumberland Gate.
Design and construction section, completion
The arch was completed in 1833.
Design and construction section, height
The arch is 45 feet (14 m) high
Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
Marble Arch stands at the northeastern corner of Hyde Park in London, designed by the architect John Nash and completed in 1833 using white Carrara marble, originally as a ceremonial gateway intended to stand directly in front of Buckingham Palace, which was itself being remodeled by Nash at the same time. The arch drew inspiration from the Arch of Constantine in Rome, adapted into a triple-arched form decorated with sculptural panels. It was moved to its present site near Hyde Park's Speaker's Corner in 1851, after the arch was found to be too narrow for the state coach to pass through following the palace's later expansion, a practical problem that ended its intended role as a royal entrance. Traffic reorganization around Hyde Park Corner in the twentieth century left the arch stranded on a large traffic island, separated from the park it once fronted, and it now functions purely as a freestanding monument and a widely recognized London landmark.
Uses Element: Marble, Introduction
a 19th-century white marble-faced triumphal arch
In Style: Regency Architecture, Wikipedia categories
Category:Regency architecture in the City of Westminster
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