Arco de los Gigantes

The Arch of the Giants in Antequera (province of Malaga, Spain) was built on the initiative of the municipality in 1585 as part of the humanist approach to replace a bend in the entrance to the Muslim fence, with its large semicircular archway evoking the triumphal arches of the classical world. The arch, which opens with a wall more than two metres thick, is seven metres high. Its crowning was more spectacular, as it had a large niche, flanked by two aletons, in which there was a huge statue of Hercules. The lily jar on the keystone, as well as the castle and the lion on the cornice, form the city's coat of arms.