Arco dei Gavi

Verona, Italy

Freely accessible

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The Arco dei Gavi is a rare example of a privately funded monumental Roman triumphal arch, built in Verona to honor the gens Gavia, a noble local family, and positioned at the beginning of the Via Postumia just outside the city's ancient walls. Standing 12.4 meters high, this tetrapylon structure commanded admiration during the Renaissance, when humanists and antiquarians studied its proportional relationships and decorative details with intense scrutiny. It profoundly influenced major Renaissance architects and artists including Palladio, Sangallo, Serlio, Falconetto, Sanmicheli, Bellini, and Mantegna, and became a model for portals, altars, and chapels throughout Verona's churches. After French military engineers demolished the arch in 1805, detailed prior surveys enabled its reconstruction through anastylosis, completed in 1932, and it now stands in the Castelvecchio square.