Triumphal arch in Novgorod-Seversky was built in the years 1786-1787. On the eve of his arrival in the town of Empress Catherine II. Construction funded by local gentry and merchants. Arc de Triomphe is a vivid example of the style of a provincial classicism of the late XVIII century. The author of the draft of this monument is the famous architect Giacomo Quarenghi. Buildings located between the columns modeled oval shields, which are decorated with vertical arms Mglina, Konotop, Glukhov Krolevtsa, Surazh, Pohar, Starodub, Sosnitsa and Korop. That's 10 counties were part of Novgorod-Seversky governorship. Empress Arc de Triomphe relished it even excessive and the city donated 100 thousand rubles in gold - to build a new cathedral. For more than two centuries the inhabitants of Novgorod-Seversky have become accustomed to this interesting from all points of view of architectural construction, but visitors to the city Arc de Triomphe never ceases to amaze to this day.