Templo de Debod II
by Pablo Lopez
Title
Templo de Debod II
Artist
Pablo Lopez
Medium
Photograph - Digital Image
Description
Temple of Debod, a gift from Egypt to Spain, located in Madrid.
The Temple of Debod, Templo de Debod in Spanish, is an ancient Egyptian temple which was dismantled and rebuilt in Madrid, Spain.
The temple was built originally 15 kilometres south of Aswan in southern Egypt, very close to the first cataract of the Nile and to the great religious center dedicated to the goddess Isis, in Philae
In 1960, due to the construction of the Aswan High Dam and the consequent threat posed by its reservoir to numerous monuments and archeological sites, UNESCO made an international call to save this rich historical legacy. As a sign of gratitude for the help provided by Spain in saving the temples of Abu Simbel, the Egyptian state donated the temple of Debod to Spain in 1968.
The temple was rebuilt in one of Madrid's parks, the Parque del Oeste, near the Royal Palace of Madrid, and opened to the public in 1972. The reassembled gateways appear to have been placed in a different order than when originally erected. Compared to a photo of the original site, the gateway topped by a serpent flanked sun appears not to have been the closest gateway to the temple proper. It constitutes one of the few works of ancient Egyptian architecture which can be seen outside Egypt and the only one of its kind in Spain.
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July 24th, 2014
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