Arco de la Victoria

Arco de la Victoria
Arco de la Victoria, Madrid
General information
Type	triumphal arch
Location	Moncloa
Town or city	Madrid
Country	Spain
Construction started	1950
Completed	1956
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Modesto Lopez Otero and Pascual Bravo Sanfeliú

Arco de la Victoria ([ˈaɾko ðe la βiɣˈtoɾja], "Arch of Victory") is a triumphal arch built in the Moncloa district of Madrid, Spain. The 49-m high arch was constructed at the behest of Francisco Franco to commemorate the victory of Francoist troops in the 1936 Battle of Ciudad Universitaria, part of the Spanish Civil War.[1][2]

Text

Southeast lettering

On the northwest face is the text ARMIS HIC VICTRICIBVS MENS IVGITER VICTVRA MONVMENTVM HOC D D D ("The ever-victorious mind gives, donates and dedicates this monument to the here-victorious weapons") and ANNO MCMXXXVI Α / ANNO MCMXXXIX Ω (begun in 1936, completed in 1939).[3] On the southeast is MVNIFICENTIA REGIA CONDITA AB HISPANORVM DVCE RESTAVRATA ÆDES STVDIORVM MATRITENSIS FLORESCIT IN CONSPECTV DEI ("Founded by regal generosity and restored by the Caudillo of the Spanish, may the Madrilenian centre for studies flourish in the presence of God") and ANNO MCMXXVII Α / ANNO MCMLVI Ω (begun in 1927, completed in 1956).[4]

See also

• List of post-Roman triumphal arches
• Fascist architecture

References

1. "Top Attractions: Victory Arch". Madrid Tourist Info. Madrid Tourism. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
2. "Madrid's dangerous attempt to distort the history of the Spanish civil war | David Mathieson". the Guardian. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
3. Varas, Julio César (December 31, 2022). "INSCRIPCIONES NEO-LATINAS EN MADRID".
4. Campos Calvo-Sotelo, P. (2006:xxiv). The Journey of Utopia: The Story of the First American Style Campus in Europe. United States: Nova Science Publishers.

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