History of Spain. The Bourbon Restoration. Reign of Alfonso XII (1874-1885). Madrid. Triumphal arch built at the junction of the streets Alcala and Peligros, to greet King Alfonso XII on March 20, 1876, after the end of the Third Carlist War in 1876. Arch defrayed from the ladies of the "Asociacion para socorrer a heridos e inutilizados del Ejercito" (Association to help the wounded and disabled of the Army) during the Carlist wars). Life drawing by Juan Comba. Engraving. La Ilustracion Española y Americana. March 30, 1876.

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