Los Arquillos
Appearance
Los Arquillos | |
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Arkupea (Basque) | |
General information | |
Location | Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Basque Country |
Country | Spain |
Coordinates | 42°50′49″N 2°40′18″W / 42.846988°N 2.671755°W |
Construction started | 1787 |
Completed | 1802 |
Official name | Los Arquillos |
Type | Non-movable |
Criteria | Monument |
Designated | 1984 |
Reference no. | RI-51-0005113 |
Los Arquillos (Spanish for 'the small arches', Basque: Arkupea) is an 18th-century structure located in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. It was architecturally designed to link the old part of the town situated on the higher ground with the new part of the town then under construction on lower ground.[1]
It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1984.[2]
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[edit]- Media related to Los Arquillos at Wikimedia Commons