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| The Citadel Gate, an arch celebrating the reign of king Carlos III (r. 1759-88), on Independence Square outside the north-eastern corner of El Retiro. Dating from 1778, it is regarded as the first modern post-Roman triumphal arch built in Europe, older than Paris' Arc de Triomphe. |
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