Admiralty Arch - an impressive building with five through passage at the beginning of Mall Street, near Charing Cross and Trafalgar Square. Arch placed at the beginning of the XX century by King Edward VII in memory of his great mother, Queen Victoria. The place for the monument-building was well chosen: it closes the perspective opening of Buckingham Palace and the Victoria Memorial in the direction of Trafalgar Square.

Construction project developed in 1910 by architect Sir Aston Webb. Space to put the arch separately from other buildings were not here, and Webb joined her with the Old Admiralty building, which is also called simply "an extension". It appeared in the late XIX century, when Britain was the leader of the naval arms race and the Admiralty need to expand. Because of this close proximity Triomphe and got its name, but in fact she had never had to do with the Navy. However, it is decorated with sculptural groups of Navigation and artillery work of Thomas Brock. The complex arch is also standing by her side Trafalgar Square Monument to Captain James Cook.

Arch was inaugurated in 1912 by King Edward VII to this day not lived. The majestic building was once the ceremonial gates of London, an important part of the royal ceremonial route leading to Buckingham Palace. Of the five cross-cutting passages, framed Portland stone, designed for two large cars, two small - for pedestrians. The average closed gilded wrought-iron gates and opened only for the royal cortege.

Inside this area is quite a large building used differently: how government offices, then as social housing. Gradually, the arch is in decline. However, recently it has been leased for 99 years to the Spanish investor who plans to place there a luxury hotel.

In one of the "road" passages from the wall at a height of two meters of stone stands the human nose. There are several legends: whether it is the nose of Napoleon enshrined here in a mockery of a small increase in the emperor, or a spare nose for the statue of Nelson. In fact, the nose came here at the end of the XX century, it has managed to seamlessly glue artist Rick Buckley, protesting thus against the practice of surveillance of citizens.