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Puerta de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain #229398700
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The Puerta de Alcalá is a Neo-classical gate at the Plaza de la Independencia in the Spanish capital of Madrid, located near the city center and several meters away from the main entrance to the Parque del Buen Retiro. Around the year 1774, King Charles III commissioned Francesco Sabatini to construct a monumental gate in the city wall through which an expanded road to the city of Alcalá was to pass, replacing an older, smaller, gate that stood nearby. The architectural elements are chiefly made of granite from Segovia.
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