AGUADO LÓPEZ, Antonio
(b. 1764, Sangüesa, d. 1831, Sangüesa)

General view

1816-17
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Puerta de Toledo, Madrid

Aguado López received the commission for the Puerta de Toledo from Ferdinand VII. The king ordered this city gate to be built in 1816-17 as a visible sign of the restoration of Bourbon rule. This severely designed triumphal arch was the last to be built in Madrid.