Puerta de Alcalá | Alcalá Gate, Madrid 1
Parisians and Berliners may recognize the form, but the Puerta de Alcalá in the Plaza de la Independencia pre-dates the Arc de Triomphe and the Brandenburg Gate by at least 10 years. The gate was the pet project of Charles III (a.k.a. Carlos), my favorite Spanish king. His bulging nose and
