triumphal arch is not only a glorification of the sovereign from the point of view of city planning it is the pivotal point of the whole system of squares. with dramatic elegance it darkens the stage for the next act the plaster. board. originally an old justin field where chariot races and contests are being held in the sixteenth century stanislav had it completely reconstituted the only similarity to the plaster on his last is the magnificent iron work we are already familiar with. for the first sounds of the houses that lined the plaster cast yet a rather plain and classicist style was chosen. but