Rome
- Forum - Arch of Titus
The
Arch of Titus commemorated Titus' death, chiefly to commemorate the
capture of Jerusalem.
"On
the coffered soffit of the arch and the wall faces below it are
reliefs of
the emperor and spoils from the Temple in Jerusalem.
The outside faces of the piers are exemplary nineteenth-century
restorations undertaken as far back as 1821 after demolition of
the fortification in which the arch had been incorporated in the
Middle Ages. They make good what had been destroyed, without any
attempt at deceit."
--Sir
Banister Fletcher. A History of Architecture. p243, 246. |