The Arch of Germanicus is an arch from Roman antiquity erected in Saintes in the year 18 or 19 for Emperor Tiberius, his son Drusus, and his nephew and adopted son Germanicus. The Arch of Germanicus is classified as a historical monument by decree of July 5, 1905.
It is therefore not a triumphal arch. Its construction was financed by a wealthy and illustrious citizen of Saintes, C. Julius Rufus.
It is a two-bay road arch originally built at the arrival of the Roman road Lyon-Saintes (Lugdunum – Mediolanum Santonum), at the level of the Roman bridge over the Charente. At the suggestion of Prosper Mérimée in 1843, the arch was moved fifteen meters from its location for work on the docks of the Charente. The arch was restored in 1851.
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