# Puerta de Alcalá

Madrid, Spain

A grand neoclassical gateway raised for King Charles the Third in seventeen seventy-eight, the Puerta de Alcalá rises with five arches of pale granite, a triumphal symbol standing proudly at one of Madrid's busiest crossroads.

## Roots Earth

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Coordinates: 40.42, -3.68888889

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