Porte Saint-Martin
South face of the Porte Saint-Martin (2014).
Interactive map of Porte Saint-Martin
General information
Type	Triumphal arch
Location	10th arrondissement, Paris, France
Coordinates	48°52′08.90″N2°21′20.25″E / 48.8691389°N 2.3556250°E /48.8691389; 2.3556250
Completed	1674
Height	18 m
Design and construction
Architect	Pierre Bullet

ThePorte Saint-Martin (French pronunciation:[pɔʁtsɛ̃maʁtɛ̃],St. Martin Gate) is aParisian monument located at the site of one of the gates of the now-destroyedfortifications of Paris. It is located at the intersection of theRue Saint-Martin from the south, the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Martin from the north and thegrands boulevards Boulevard Saint-Martin from the east and Boulevard Saint-Denis from the west.

The Porte Saint-Martin was designed byarchitectPierre Bullet (a student ofFrançois Blondel, architect of the nearbyPorte Saint-Denis) at the order ofLouis XIV in honor of his victories on theRhine and inFranche-Comté. Built in 1674, it replaced a medieval gate in the city walls built byCharles V. It was restored in 1988.

The Porte Saint-Martin is a heavilyrusticatedtriumphal arch, 18 meters high, built inlimestone andmarble. Recesses are occupied bybas-reliefs:

• North side right:La Prise du Limbourg en 1675(The Capture ofLimbourg) byPierre Le Gros the Elder, a sitting woman next to a lion
• North side left:La Défaite des Allemands(The Defeat of the Germans) byGaspard Marsy, Louis XIV asMars carrying the shield of France and pushing back a German eagle to protect a woman and an old man
• South side left:La Rupture de la Triple Alliance(The Breaking of theTriple Alliance) by Étienne le Hongre, Louis XIV asHercules, partly nude
• South side right:La prise deBesançon(The Capture of Besançon) by Martin van den Bogaert, Louis XIV dressed as Fame, standing in front of an olive tree and receiving keys from a woman

• Porte Saint-Denis
• List of post-Roman triumphal arches

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