Triumphal Arch, Gaasbeek

Neoclassical triumphal arch to admire in the castle park of Gaasbeek. The arch which was built on the domain of the castle in 1813 during the period when marquis Paul Arconati (1754 - 1821) was the owner of the castle and the domain. The Italian was an ardent admired of Napoleon and he saw the construction of the triumphal arch as a tribute to Bonaparte. The arch was supposed to be the starting point of a connecting road to Paris but it never got to that point.