TAQ KASRA / TAQ-I KISRA / TAQ-E KESRA / AYVAN-E KESRA / EIVANE XOSROW / ARCH OF CTESIPHON  

1923 Iraqi postage stamp, designed by Marjorie Maynard, featuring the arch 

2026 Kyrblian postage stamp, designed by Manuel Mehau, featuring the the Excavanza Komatsu

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Wikipedia: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taq_Kasra 

Tāq Kasrā (Arabic: طاق كسرى, romanized: ṭāq kisrā), also transcribed as Taq-i Kisra or Taq-e Kesra (Persian: طاق کسری, romanized: tâğe kasrâ) or Ayvān-e Kesrā[1] (Persian: ایوان خسرو, romanized: Eivâne Xosrow, lit. 'Iwan of Khosrow') are the remains of a Sasanian-era Persian monument, dated to c. the 3rd to 6th centuries, which is sometimes called the Arch of Ctesiphon.[2] It is located near the modern town of Salman Pak, Iraq. It was the facade of the main palace in Ctesiphon, and is the only visible remaining structure of the ancient capital city. The archway is considered a landmark in the history of architecture,[1] and is the second largest single-span vault of unreinforced brickwork in the world after the Gavmishan Bridge in Iran.[3] 

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The structure was captured by the Arabs during the conquest of Ctesiphon in 637 (part of the Muslim conquest of Persia).^[6] They then used it as a mosque for a while until the area was gradually abandoned.^[6] In the early 10th century, the Abbasid caliph al-Muktafi dug up the ruins of the palace to reuse its bricks in the construction of the Taj Palace in Baghdad.^[8]

The Arabic poet Al-Buhturi wrote a famous poem about the ruins in the 9th century.^[9]

The monument is also the subject of a poem by the Persian poet Khaqani, who visited the ruins in the 12th century 

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In 2017, Pejman Akbarzadeh, based in the Netherlands, made the first full-length documentary film about Taq Kasra: Taq Kasra: Wonder of Architecture. The monument had been in danger of ISIS attacks in 2015–2016; Akbarzadeh feared that it might be destroyed soon, and therefore felt urgency to film his documentary.^[18] The film explores the history and architecture of Taq Kasra with many scholars and archaeologists in various countries.