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Art and culture. Discover the Debod Temple, one of Madrid's most unusual monuments. This construction dates from the 2nd century BC, and, after centuries on Egyptian soil, was brought to Spain as a gift from Egypt. Transportation of the temple, which was originally built by order of king Adikhalamani, began in 1960, coinciding with the start of ...
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The temple and its gardens are located on the site where the Cuartel de la Montaña stood, the military building constructed between 1860 and 1863 on what was known as Mount Príncipe Pío, where Napoleon’s French troops shot the rebels of the uprising of 2 May 1808, a scene that was portrayed in the famous painting by Goya The Third of May ...
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Aug 2, 2009 · The Templo de Debod, or Temple of Debod, is an ancient Egyptian temple bizarrely out of place in the heart of Madrid, near the Plaza de España. Gifted from Egypt to Spain in 1968 in thanks for ...
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In the early 2nd century BC, Adikhalamani the Kushite king of Meroë, an ancient city on the banks of the Nile, started construction of the Temple of Debod. The shrine consisted of a small single-roomed chapel and was dedicated to the Egyptian god Amun. It was erected 15 km south of Aswan in Nubia, close to the religious centre in Philae, dedicated ...
Today, the Debod Temple remains one of the few works of ancient Egyptian architecture seen outside of Egypt. Wander along the walkway around the reflective pool, before viewing the scale models and videos projected onto its walls within the temple. To see the structure in its full glory, visit the temple at night when lit up from below or in the ev...
The easiest way to the temple is via public transport. Get the Metro to Plaza de España (lines 3 and 10) and Ventura Rodríguez (line 3). Alternately, buses: 1, 2, 3, 25, 39, 44, 46, 74, 75, 133, 138, 148, C1 and C2 stop nearby, as does the tourist bus route 1 at stop 10 – Temple of Debod. There is also parking within the Regulated Parking Area of t...
The Temple of Debod was a present from Egypt to Spain in 1968, due to the Spanish help, after the international call made by the UNESCO for saving the temples of the Nubian region, mainly Abul Simbel´ s temple that was in danger due to the construction of the Great Dam of the Aswan.
The Temple of Debod was transported stone by stone to Madrid and rebuilt over a period of two years in the Cuartel de la Parque de Montaña (Mountain Barracks), maintaining its original east to west orientation. It was officially opened to the public in 1972. As the name of the park suggests, the site upon which the temple now stands has a ...
The Temple of Debod is one of Madrid’s most beautiful hidden treasures. It sits to the west of Plaza de España, in the Parque del Oeste. This ancient Egyptian temple is from the second century B.C. and was donated to Spain by the Egyptian state for helping save the Abu Simbel temple, as well as other monuments and archaeological sites, from ...
