Arco de los Blanco

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Arco de los Blanco
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Location Cádiz, Spain
Coordinates 36°31′42″N6°17′35″W / 36.52833°N 6.29306°W / 36.52833; -6.29306 Coordinates: 36°31′42″N6°17′35″W / 36.52833°N 6.29306°W / 36.52833; -6.29306
Type Non-movable
Criteria Monument
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Location of Arco de los Blanco in Province of Cádiz
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Arco de los Blanco (Spain)

Arco de los Blanco is an archway of the Castillo de la Villa in Cádiz, southern Spain. It has been declared a Bien de Interés Cultural site.[ citation needed ]

Cádiz Municipality in Andalusia, Spain

Cádiz is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the Province of Cádiz, one of eight which make up the autonomous community of Andalusia.

Spain Kingdom in Southwest Europe

Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a country mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe. Its territory also includes two archipelagoes: the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa, and the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. The African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla make Spain the only European country to have a physical border with an African country (Morocco). Several small islands in the Alboran Sea are also part of Spanish territory. The country's mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar; to the north and northeast by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean.

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