The marble arch is built of white Italian Carrara marble, and the design was taken from Rome's triumphal arch of Constantine. The marble arch once stood at the entrance to Buckingham Palace, but when Queen Victoria enlarged the palace in 1851, she moved the Marble Arch to the entrance to Hyde Park.
London's Marble Arch
The Marble Arch was built in 1827 and stood at Buckingham Palace until it was moved in 1851.
London's Marble Arch
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