The triumphal arch at Carpentras was probably built in the first century, roughly contemporary with the better-preserved and better-known arch at Orange, and like it, celebrates a military victory. Its original location on one of the streets of the Roman town is unknown; it was dismantled in the Middle Ages and reerected by a local bishop to serve as the entrance to his palace, now in turn converted into the Palais du Justice, or law courts. The arch is incomplete: the upper parts are missing, but original reliefs in a rather flat, linear style, are preserved on the lower piers, much better preserved on the west side than on the east.
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