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, in the United States * Arco, Minnesota, a city in the United States * ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California, home of the Sacramento Kings

Companies

* ARCO (brand), a brand of gasoline service stations that is currently owned by Marathon Petroleum in Mexico and parts of the United States * ARCO Chemical, a chemical company formed in 1986 by spinning off a subsidiary from the Atlantic Richfield Company * ARCO Group, a Belgian cooperative holding company * Atlantic Richfield Company, the Atlantic Richfield Company, formerly an independent American petroleum company (1966-2000), currently a subsidiary of BP * ARCO Solar, 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, 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