He is a resounding arc triumph made up of two bodies and three large hollow, half a point and higher central and lintel door opening sides.
Is a bow of triumph erected to early of the century 19th to commemorate the victory of Spain on the France Napoleonic in it Guerra of the independence.
The door is built with granite stone, except for the carved elements that are of white limestone.
The two gravestones of the central attic, you can read:
FERNANDO VII R. H. Optatissimo. Redvo.
gallorvm excvssa tyrannide.
Ordo matritemsvm
fidei. Victoriae. Laetitiae. Monvmentvm. D.
Ann. Dccc m. Xx. Vii.
Fernando vii, father of the fatherland, the desired and restored the French usurpation were exterminated.
the madrid City Council
He devoted this monument of loyalty, triumph and joy. YEAR OF 1827
On the other hand, there are three sculptures that topped the monument, designed by José Ginés but executed by Ramón Barba and Valeriano Salvatierra.
they make up an iconographic programme focused on the glorification and the triumph of the Spanish monarchy.
The main group, which Crown the attic, represents an allegory of Spain inscribable in a triangular composition historian pediment mode. In it, homeland, personified by a victorious Minerva holding the Royal shield, shows its power over the two hemispheres, symbolized by two spheres located at his feet. Both sides are placed allegories of the arts and the provinces, which their gifts delivered to the monarchy at the time that this dispenses them protectively.
Complete the whole groups of the side entrances, which reproduce a series of military trophies (armor, banners, drums, cannons, shields, helmets, Rams, etc. ), in memory again of the Spanish victory over the French in the war of independence. Some of these reasons are repeated on the back of the main group, which looks towards the interior of the city, which also highlights the presence of a coat of arms of the town held by two Angel sharks. The information has been proven in various pages on the city of Madrid.
Is a bow of triumph erected to early of the century 19th to commemorate the victory of Spain on the France Napoleonic in it Guerra of the independence.
The door is built with granite stone, except for the carved elements that are of white limestone.
The two gravestones of the central attic, you can read:
FERNANDO VII R. H. Optatissimo. Redvo.
gallorvm excvssa tyrannide.
Ordo matritemsvm
fidei. Victoriae. Laetitiae. Monvmentvm. D.
Ann. Dccc m. Xx. Vii.
Fernando vii, father of the fatherland, the desired and restored the French usurpation were exterminated.
the madrid City Council
He devoted this monument of loyalty, triumph and joy. YEAR OF 1827
On the other hand, there are three sculptures that topped the monument, designed by José Ginés but executed by Ramón Barba and Valeriano Salvatierra.
they make up an iconographic programme focused on the glorification and the triumph of the Spanish monarchy.
The main group, which Crown the attic, represents an allegory of Spain inscribable in a triangular composition historian pediment mode. In it, homeland, personified by a victorious Minerva holding the Royal shield, shows its power over the two hemispheres, symbolized by two spheres located at his feet. Both sides are placed allegories of the arts and the provinces, which their gifts delivered to the monarchy at the time that this dispenses them protectively.
Complete the whole groups of the side entrances, which reproduce a series of military trophies (armor, banners, drums, cannons, shields, helmets, Rams, etc. ), in memory again of the Spanish victory over the French in the war of independence. Some of these reasons are repeated on the back of the main group, which looks towards the interior of the city, which also highlights the presence of a coat of arms of the town held by two Angel sharks. The information has been proven in various pages on the city of Madrid.