Alcalá Gate
Located in the center of the Plaza de la Independencia, the Puerta de Alcalá is one of the five old royal gates that gave access to the city, built by order of Carlos III to replace a previous one that dated from the 16th century
...This monumental gate, inaugurated in 1778, is located next to the Retiro Park and where prominent streets such as Alcalá, Alfonso XII or Serrano converge, and is one of the tourist icons of Madrid.
Designed by Francesco Sabatini, it is a granite triumphal arch in a neoclassical style, the first built in Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire, a precursor to others known as the Arc de Triomphe in Paris or the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Unlike the Puerta de Toledo or the Puerta de San Vicente , it has five openings instead of the usual three.
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