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< p class = "blog-post-meta" > < time datetime = "2017-06-13T15:24:57+03:00" > Tue Jun 13, 2017< / time > by Alan Orth in
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< p > There are apparently two arches built around 130 CE to honor Roman Emperor Hadrian—one in < a href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_of_Hadrian_(Athens)" > Athens< / a > and one in < a href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_of_Hadrian_(Jerash)" > Jerash< / a > . The former is undoubtedly more studied, but the latter is objectively more beautiful! Maybe it’ s the color of the stones in the afternoon light, the unconventional architectural features, or just the sheer size of it.< / p >
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< p > In any case, it’ s hard to miss this large stone arch near the beginning of the Greco– < / p >
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