In 2014 he celebrated the 150th anniversary of the abolition of Poland's feudal system by erecting a rainbow-coloured triumphal arch outside a neighbour's home.
In 1662 Petty justified 'entertainments, magnificent shews, triumphal arches, etc. ', on the ground that their costs flowed back into the pockets of brewers, bakers, tailors, shoemakers and so forth.
The carriage had whirled us under I know not how many triumphal arches in process of construction, and past the tents and flag-poles of a juicy-looking cricket-field, on which Raffles undertook to bowl up to his reputation.