Triumphal Arch of the Lorraine, Florence

The Triumphal Arch of the Lorraine located in Piazza della Libertà in Florence, Italy, is an 18th-century, monumental triumphal arch, bypassed by the viali di Circonvallazione that skirt Florence through the space once girded by its 16th-century walls.

The piazza stands at the northernmost end of Via Cavour, Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy.

This new duke's stay in Florence was short lived as he quickly moved to Vienna to become emperor.

Atop the arch is an equestrian statue, putatively of Francis Stephen himself, apparently marching out of the city.

Atop the apparently safe perch of the plinth, cringe nearly a half-dozen allegorical mythologic statues, as if they were the last Austrian contingent in Tuscany, besieged by the swirling Italian traffic around the park.