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Europa Park Torrejon - Puerta de Alcalá.
Alcala Gate is one of the most significant monuments of Madrid along with nearby Cibeles fountain . It was built by King Charles III and designed by architect Francesco Sabatini. One is in the Plaza de la Independencia, in the intersection of Alcala , Alfonso XII, Serrano and Salustiano Olózaga and with Spain 's Gate , the main entrance to the gardens of the Retiro. As the street is that the door is named for being in the road leading to the city of Alcalá de Henares.
It opened in 1778, not as a memorial but as the gates , since both sides of it still existed near the city that bordered on the east and that would stand until 1869 , when the square was remodeled .
The gate , built in stone berroqueña has five bays , three with round arch , with key -shaped head of a lion, and two side bowlintel , with individual pairs of cornucopias carved on them by Roberto Michel . These openings arranged in origin bars that closed every day at sunset.
The exterior facade , one that faces east , presents ten granite columns attached . In the interior, looking towards the city center , the six outer pilasters and only two pairs along the central arch are still columns are replaced . They all rest on a plinth . The capitals are Ionic and on them a crown supported. Over the span center , in the attics of both facades , a Latin inscription with the main motto of the monument figure. On the outer inscription contained a coat of arms held by Fame and Genius . On both sides, four sculptures of children . In the interior facade on the side arcs include the four cardinal virtues : Prudence, Justice , Temperance and Fortitude. All these were carved ornamentation ,",2,[[Colmenar limestone , such as cornucopias , by Francisco Gutiérrez Arribas and his baroque style contrasts with the neoclassical style of the door.
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Europa Park Torrejon - Puerta de Alcalá.
Alcala Gate is one of the most significant monuments of Madrid along with nearby Cibeles fountain . It was built by King Charles III and designed by architect Francesco Sabatini. One is in the Plaza de la Independencia, in the intersection of Alcala , Alfonso XII, Serrano and Salustiano Olózaga and with Spain 's Gate , the main entrance to the gardens of the Retiro. As the street is that the door is named for being in the road leading to the city of Alcalá de Henares.
It opened in 1778, not as a memorial but as the gates , since both sides of it still existed near the city that bordered on the east and that would stand until 1869 , when the square was remodeled .
The gate , built in stone berroqueña has five bays , three with round arch , with key -shaped head of a lion, and two side bowlintel , with individual pairs of cornucopias carved on them by Roberto Michel . These openings arranged in origin bars that closed every day at sunset.
The exterior facade , one that faces east , presents ten granite columns attached . In the interior, looking towards the city center , the six outer pilasters and only two pairs along the central arch are still columns are replaced . They all rest on a plinth . The capitals are Ionic and on them a crown supported. Over the span center , in the attics of both facades , a Latin inscription with the main motto of the monument figure. On the outer inscription contained a coat of arms held by Fame and Genius . On both sides, four sculptures of children . In the interior facade on the side arcs include the four cardinal virtues : Prudence, Justice , Temperance and Fortitude. All these were carved ornamentation ,",2,[[Colmenar limestone , such as cornucopias , by Francisco Gutiérrez Arribas and his baroque style contrasts with the neoclassical style of the door.
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