Arco may refer to:

Places

Arco, Trentino Arco is a ''Municipalities of Trentino, comune'' in Trentino-Alto Adige in northern Italy. The town is faced on one side by sheer limestone cliffs jutting up like a wall protecting it and its ancient hilltop castle. King Francis II of the Two Sic ...

, a town in Trentino, Italy *

Arco, Idaho Arco is a city in Butte County, Idaho, United States. The population was 879 as of the 2020 United States census, down from 995 at the 2010 census. Arco is the county seat and largest city in Butte County. History Arco was named as early ...

, in the United States * Arco, Minnesota, a city in the United States *

ARCO Arena ARCO Arena (known as Power Balance Pavilion from 2011 to 2012 and Sleep Train Arena from 2012 until 2022) was an indoor arena located in Sacramento, California, United States. Opened in 1988, it was the home of the Sacramento Kings of the Nation ...

in Sacramento, California, home of the Sacramento Kings

Companies

ARCO (brand) Arco may refer to: Places * Arco, Trentino, a town in Trentino, Italy * Arco, Idaho, in the United States * Arco, Minnesota, a city in the United States * ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California, home of the Sacramento Kings Companies * ARCO (bra ...

, a brand of gasoline service stations that is currently owned by Marathon Petroleum in Mexico and parts of the United States *

ARCO Chemical Arco may refer to: Places * Arco, Trentino, a town in Trentino, Italy * Arco, Idaho, in the United States * Arco, Minnesota, a city in the United States * ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California, home of the Sacramento Kings Companies * ARCO (bran ...

, a chemical company formed in 1986 by spinning off a subsidiary from the Atlantic Richfield Company *

ARCO Group ARCO Group is a Belgian cooperative holding group, and part of the Catholic workers organisation Beweging.net formerly known as ACW. The group has more than 900,000 shareholders and a capital of 4.5 billion euro. ''Arcofin'' invests in the finan ...

, a Belgian cooperative holding company *

Atlantic Richfield Company Arco may refer to: Places * Arco, Trentino, a town in Trentino, Italy * Arco, Idaho, in the United States * Arco, Minnesota, a city in the United States * ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California, home of the Sacramento Kings Companies * ARCO (bran ...

, the Atlantic Richfield Company, formerly an independent American petroleum company (1966-2000), currently a subsidiary of BP *

ARCO Solar Arco may refer to: Places * Arco, Trentino, a town in Trentino, Italy * Arco, Idaho, in the United States * Arco, Minnesota, a city in the United States * ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California, home of the Sacramento Kings Companies * ARCO (bran ...

, a former subsidiary of the Atlantic Richfield Company that manufactured solar panels.

Arts and entertainment

Music

* ''Arco'', a directive in music for string instruments to return to bowing after playing pizzicato; see

bowing Bowing (also called stooping) is the act of lowering the torso and Human head, head as a social gesture in direction to another person or symbol. It is most prominent in Asian cultures but it is also typical of nobility and aristocracy in many E ...

Associate of the Royal College of Organists The Royal College of Organists (RCO) is a charity and membership organisation based in the United Kingdom, with members worldwide. Its role is to promote and advance organ playing and choral music, and it offers music education, training and de ...

, a professional diploma for church organists awarded by the Royal College of Organists *

Arco (band) Arco are a British band noted for unusually slow, quiet, poetic music: a gig review in national newspaper ''The Guardian'' suggested "an hour in arco's company is the aural equivalent of a day in a flotation tank". Similarly, a review in '' Q'' ...

, a British slowcore band

Other media

* ''Arco'' (film), a 2025 French animated film by Ugo Bienvenu * ''Arco'' (video game), a 2024 indie tactical role-playing game.

People

Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley Anton von Padua Alfred Emil Hubert Georg Graf von Arco auf Valley (5 February 1897 – 29 June 1945), commonly known as Anton Arco-Valley, was a German far-right activist, Bavarian nationalist and nobleman. He assassinated socialist Bavari ...

(1897–1945), commonly known as Anton Arco-Valley, murdered Kurt Eisner *

Georg von Arco Georg Wilhelm Alexander Hans Graf von Arco (30 August 1869 in Gorzyce, Silesian Voivodeship, Großgorschütz – 5 May 1940 in Berlin) was a German physicist, radio pioneer, and one of the joint founders of the "''Society for Wireless Telegr ...

(1869–1940), early wireless pioneer *

Jean Baptist, Comte d'Arco ''Generalfeldmarschall'' Jean Baptist, Comte d'Arco (born Johann Baptist; – 21 March 1715) was a German military officer, diplomat nobleman who served in the Bavarian Army and the Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Emperor, Imperial Army during t ...

(c. 1650–1715), a diplomat and Generalfeldmarschall *

Johann Philipp d'Arco Johann Philipp d'Arco, Count of Arco (11 May 1652 – 18 February 1704) was a soldier who served the Habsburg monarchy for 30 years. Because he surrendered the fortress of Breisach after only 13 days, he was sentenced to death and executed. A d ...

(1652–1704), a soldier who served Habsburg Austria

Other uses

* ''Arco'' (ARDM-5), a type of U.S. Navy floating drydock *

Arco (lamp) The Arco lamp is a modern floor lamp designed by brothers Pier Giacomo and Achille Castiglioni for in 1962. The lamp is characterized by a suspended spun aluminum pendant attached to an upright block of Carrara marble via a cantilevered arch ...

, a 1962 design, subject of 2006 intellectual property dispute * A shortened form of

arcology Arcology, a Blend word, portmanteau of "architecture" and "ecology",. is a field of creating architectural design principles for very densely populated and Sustainable development, ecologically low-impact human habitats. The term was coined in ...

* A male given name in the Netherlands, for example:

Arco Jochemsen Arco Jochemsen (born 21 February 1971) is a retired Dutch football striker. Honours Utrecht *KNVB Cup The KNVB Beker (; ), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organised by the Royal ...

, a Dutch footballer