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2008. Reference no. RI-51-0012074. The Temple of Debod [1] ( Spanish: Templo de Debod) is an ancient Nubian temple that was dismantled as part of the International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia and rebuilt in the center of Madrid, Spain, in Parque de la Montaña, Madrid, a square located Calle de Irún, 21–25 Madrid. [2]
El templo de Debod es un edificio del antiguo Egipto localizado actualmente en la ciudad española de Madrid. Está situado al oeste de la plaza de España, junto al paseo del Pintor Rosales ( parque del Oeste ), en un alto donde se encontraba el cuartel de la Montaña. Al ser trasladado a España, se situó de manera que conservase ...
3 days ago · The Birth of a Sacred Space. The story of the Temple of Debod begins over 2,200 years ago in the ancient Nubian region of Egypt, just south of the first cataract of the Nile. Around 200 BC, during the reign of King Adikhalamani of Meroë, construction began on a small, single-room chapel dedicated to the god Amun, one of the most important ...
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Free entry. Times. Tue-Sun and Public Holidays: 10am-8pm. Mondays; 1 and 6 January, 1 May, 24, 25 and 31 December: closed. For security reasons and conservation purposes, visits inside the temple may be affected by temporary closures of rooms or the building. Maximum capacity 30 people.
Apr 19, 2021 · In 1960, because of the construction of the Aswan High Dam and in thanks for help saving the Abu Simbel Temples, Egypt gifted the Debod Temple to Spain in 1968. The temple was rebuilt – albeit in a different sequence – in the Parque del Oeste in Madrid and opened to the public in 1972. In 2020, the city council began plans to cover the ...
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 ...
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 ...
