The Historian · Diego · Barcelona
Arc de Triomf
This arch was Barcelona's announcement that it was a modern European city — not Madrid, not Spain, but a Mediterranean commercial capital with its own ambition. Read it that way.
Built as the entrance gate to the 1888 Universal Exposition. The first triumphal arch in Spain built not to commemorate a military victory — but a trade fair.
— Diego, The Historian
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