Moorish Arch, Lima

Moorish Arch
The arch in Leguía Avenue
MaterialCement and majolica
Height29 metres
Beginning dateJuly 10, 1923
Completion dateJuly 17, 1924
Dismantled date1939

The Moorish Arch (Spanish: Arco Morisco), also called the Friendship Arch (Spanish: Arco de la Amistad) or Spanish Arch, was a triumphal arch installed at the beginning of Leguía Avenue (today Arequipa Avenue) in Lima, Peru. It was made in a neo-Moorish style, inaugurated in 1924 as part of the Centennial of the Independence of Peru and demolished in 1939.