Benevento - Arch of Trajan

(Local Name: Arco di Traiano) East of the Benevento cathedral along Corso Garibaldi is the Town Hall, beyond which (to the left, along Via dell'Arco di Traiano) rises the Arch of Trajan (Arco di Traiano), the so-called Porta Aurea, dedicated by the senate and people of Beneventum to the "best of princes" in A.D. 114 in anticipation of his return from the Parthian wars. The arch, built of Greek marble, stands 15.5m/51ft high and is excellently preserved. One of the finest of its kind, it is decorated with reliefs glorifying the emperor.