Its grand low arches are as profound as the pyramid and not a bit different, for the Spaniards used Indian architects.
Schubert, argue some, was the master of the short take but uncomfortable with the grand arch.
Just as Hollywood is as much about anticipation as arrival, here the route starts with the sidewalk's 70-plus-foot portals and continues through a series of grand arches.
The style was French Gothic: grand arches and traceries, impressive stained-glass windows, an Italian marble altar.
The two grand arches are separated by several smaller arches which form a covered colonnade, incorporating into their design the sea lion found in the coat of arms.
A larger, more elaborate grand arch was also constructed on the plaza's south side, at the intersection of R. Hidalgo and Villalobos Streets.
Beneath a grand arch were 2 astronomical clocks, one showing the Ptolemaic system, the other Copernican.
The arcaded entry loggia is topped by three grand palladian arches that are separated by Corinthian half-columns.
That's his last tryon to march through the grand tryomphal arch.
Outside are sun-dappled trees and the grand arches of the historic Puerta de Alcalá, upon which burly cherubim affect indifference to the cars below.