Los Arcos (Puerto Vallarta)

Los Arcos (English: The Arches) is an amphitheater along the Malecón in Centro, Puerto Vallarta, in the Mexican state of Jalisco.

Free shows, music festivals and folk dance performances are held there.

[1][2] The focal point are 4 decorative stone arches, sometimes called Los Arcos del Malecón (English: Arches of the Malecón), which have been described as "almost as worldwide recognizable" as The Boy on the Seahorse.

[3] Brought from a hacienda on the outskirts of the city of Guadalajara in 1970, on the occasion of a summit between the presidents of Mexico and the United States (Gustavo Díaz Ordaz and Richard Nixon, respectively),[4][5] they were destroyed in 2002 by Hurricane Kenna.

[1][4][5] A replica was donated by the municipal government of Zapopan, who ordered its reconstruction to the sculptor Martín Distancia.