Innsbruck - Triumphal Gateway

(Local Name: Triumphpforte) At the southern end of Innsbruck's Maria-Theresien-Strasse, against the backdrop of the jagged summits of the Serles group, towers the Triumphpforte (Triumphal Gateway), erected by Maria Theresa in 1765 on what was then the boundary of the city to mark the marriage of her son Leopold (later Emperor Leopold II) to the Spanish Infanta Maria Ludovica; the gateway was built with stone from the earlier St George's Gate, pulled down to make way for the new one. The marble reliefs (1774) on the southern side depict the wedding and those on the northern side lament the sudden death of the Emperor Francis I during the festivities.