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The '''Caroline Arch''' is one of the most famous monuments in [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]], [[Urcea]]. The Caroline Arch those who fought and died for Urcea in the [[Caroline Wars]], with the names of all Urcean victories and generals inscribed on its inner and outer surfaces throughout the three conflicts. The arch specifically focuses on Urcea's triumph in the [[Third Caroline War]]. Beneath its vault lies the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from the [[Second Great War]]. Its iconographic program pits heroically nude Urcean youths against bearded Gothic warriors in chain mail. It set the tone for public monuments with triumphant patriotic messages. | The '''Caroline Arch''' is one of the most famous monuments in [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]], [[Urcea]]. The Caroline Arch those who fought and died for Urcea in the [[Caroline Wars]], with the names of all Urcean victories and generals inscribed on its inner and outer surfaces throughout the three conflicts. The arch specifically focuses on Urcea's triumph in the [[Third Caroline War]]. Beneath its vault lies the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from the [[Second Great War]]. Its iconographic program pits heroically nude Urcean youths against bearded Gothic warriors in chain mail. It set the tone for public monuments with triumphant patriotic messages. | ||
Designed in 1852 following Urcea's victory in the [[Third Caroline War]], the arch was adopted as the first of several major building projects in Urceopolis during the Aedanicad. Funded personally by King [[Aedanicus VIII]], two years were spent looking for a location before the triumphal arch was constructed in the borough of [[Urceopolis_(City)#Crescent|Crescent]] in Urceopolis in the plaza in front of the [[The Praetorium (Urceopolis)|Praetorium]]. The arch was opened to the public on March 1st, 1859, with a mass celebrated under the Arch which was followed by a parade of veterans, lead by the last surviving veteran of the [[War of the Caroline Succession]]. In the opening ceremony, King Aedanicus formally adopted the agnomen ''Carolinicus'' in line with the [[Tria_nomina_movement#Naming_System|tria nomina system]] adopted the year before. | Designed in 1852 following Urcea's victory in the [[Third Caroline War]], the arch was adopted as the first of several major building projects in Urceopolis during the [[Aedanicad]]. Funded personally by King [[Aedanicus VIII]], two years were spent looking for a location before the triumphal arch was constructed in the borough of [[Urceopolis_(City)#Crescent|Crescent]] in Urceopolis in the plaza in front of the [[The Praetorium (Urceopolis)|Praetorium]]. The arch was opened to the public on March 1st, 1859, with a mass celebrated under the Arch which was followed by a parade of veterans, lead by the last surviving veteran of the [[War of the Caroline Succession]]. In the opening ceremony, King Aedanicus formally adopted the agnomen ''Carolinicus'' in line with the [[Tria_nomina_movement#Naming_System|tria nomina system]] adopted the year before. | ||
Upon its completion, it was the first triumphal arch built in Urceopolis in more than fourteen hundred years, as the last one had been built in the waning days of [[Great Levantia]]. | Upon its completion, it was the first triumphal arch built in Urceopolis in more than fourteen hundred years, as the last one had been built in the waning days of [[Great Levantia]]. |