Los Arquillos

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Los Arquillos
Arkupea (Basque)
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Los Arquillos
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Location Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Basque Country
CountrySpain
Coordinates 42°50′49″N2°40′18″W / 42.846988°N 2.671755°W / 42.846988; -2.671755 Coordinates: 42°50′49″N2°40′18″W / 42.846988°N 2.671755°W / 42.846988; -2.671755
Construction started1787
Completed1802
Official nameLos Arquillos
TypeNon-movable
CriteriaMonument
Designated1984
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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References

  1. Andrés Ordax, Salvador (1978). "Urbanismo en Vitoria. 1780-1830". El arte del siglo XIX (PDF) (in Spanish). Valladolid: Comité Español de Historia del Arte. pp. 97–99. ISBN   978-84-15275-73-2 . Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  2. "Los Arquillos". Consulta a la base de datos de bienes inmuebles (in Spanish). Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 22 March 2023.