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The Victory Arch (Arabic: قوس النصر, romanized: Qaws an-Naṣr), [1] [2] officially known as the Swords of Qādisīyah, and popularly called the Hands of Victory or the Crossed Swords, are a pair of triumphal arches in central Baghdad, Iraq. Each arch consists of a pair of outstretched hands holding crossed swords.
New York City wanted a dramatic piece of celebratory architecture welcoming soldiers home from World War One. But the Madison Square Park ‘Victory Arch’ wouldn’t last long.
Feb 5, 2011 · Iraq has begun reconstructing a symbol of Saddam Hussein’s rule: the Victory Arch in Baghdad, two sets of crossed swords, clutched in hands modeled after his very own. Credit...
Apr 9, 2023 · The al-Faw Palace was built on an island in the middle of an artificial lake by Saddam in the 1990s to mark the retaking of the peninsula of the same name during the war. It was first used post-2003 as a U.S. coalition military headquarters called Camp Victory.
The triumphal arch of the empire was articulated by a facade of marble columns; ornamental cornices were added to the piers and attics, and the archway and sides were adorned with relief sculpture depicting the emperor’s victories and achievements.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Victory Arches (1988), which consist of two enormous sets of crossed swords nearly 150 feet (50 metres) high and mounted on bases in the form of a man’s forearm, were erected to celebrate Iraq’s self-proclaimed victory in the Iran-Iraq War and were purportedly cast from…
Jun 1, 2023 · After the war’s end, New York City wanted to welcome the soldiers coming back home in large numbers with something grand. Mayor Hylan came up with the idea of a massive parade complete with a Victory Arch to be built at the northern end of Madison Square Park.
