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An impressive granite arch built in memory of WWI troops .The monument, designed by Petre Antonescu, was built between 1921-1922, renovated between 1935-1936 and renovated again starting in 2014. The machetes were made by plastic artists, and for the sculpting of the marble of Ruşchita, besides the...

The Golden Gates of Kiev was the main gate in the 11th century fortifications of Kiev, the capital of Kievan Rus'. It was named in imitation of the Golden Gate of Constantinople. The structure was dismantled in the Middle Ages, leaving few vestiges of its existence. It was completely rebuilt by the...