Street art · Madrid
Photo: Tamorlan, CC BY 3.0
Obelisco de la Arganzuela
Neoclassical column meets royal heraldry: the Obelisco de la Arganzuela pairs a fluted Napoleonic-style shaft with a crowned Spanish coat of arms and cherubs straight out of Baroque tomb sculpture, all crowned by a starburst finial.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, photo via Wikimedia Commons.
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