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Thursday, December 09, 2021
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Temple of Debod, Madrid
(It appears that this first image is the only one facing downtown.)
The egyptian temple were a gift/present of the Egypt's government to the town of Madrid many years ago, in the 70s last century. Iťs in downtown, near from Spain square, which highest buildings during many years you can see in this pic, looking to the right: Madrid Tower, and Spain building. All of you will be wellcome in my town. Thank you, Ricky, for this posts. Henri.
I had no idea that an Egyptian Temple was sitting in Madrid! I went to Google Earth and found it along with lots of photos. Using the direction buttons in the upper right corner I felt as if I was flying around it. Also they had ground level views and you could scroll through that and get the impression of walking around the plaza. I felt as if I had been there!
When the Aswan Dam was built on the Nile in Egypt, many of the ancient Egyptian landmarks, tombs and temples had to be moved further up the sides of the Nile to protect them from inundation in a great international engineering achievement. Some of them were given as gifts by the Egyptian government to different countries for their aid in saving the ancient temples and landmarks. -Rj
The egyptian temple were a gift/present of the Egypt's government to the town of Madrid many years ago, in the 70s last century. Iťs in downtown, near from Spain square, which highest buildings during many years you can see in this pic, looking to the right: Madrid Tower, and Spain building. All of you will be wellcome in my town. Thank you, Ricky, for this posts. Henri.
ReplyDeleteI did go on Wikipedia to know all about this Egyptian temple.
ReplyDeleteHe reminded me of the one I saw inside the Metropolitan Museum in NYC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Debod
Henri - I'm so glad you saw this post! I was going to tell you about it later. It's very amazing to me that they moved all that to Madrid.
ReplyDeleteJiEL - Thanks for the link. It's a very interesting story.
Fantastic!
ReplyDeleteBeautifully lit. And what an odd, but fascinating, artifact.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea that an Egyptian Temple was sitting in Madrid! I went to Google Earth and found it along with lots of photos. Using the direction buttons in the upper right corner I felt as if I was flying around it. Also they had ground level views and you could scroll through that and get the impression of walking around the plaza. I felt as if I had been there!
ReplyDeleteChris - Way cool! Here's something very similar much closer to you:
ReplyDeleteThe Temple of Dendur in the Sackler Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
I saw this only this morning.
When the Aswan Dam was built on the Nile in Egypt, many of the ancient Egyptian landmarks, tombs and temples had to be moved further up the sides of the Nile to protect them from inundation in a great international engineering achievement. Some of them were given as gifts by the Egyptian government to different countries for their aid in saving the ancient temples and landmarks. -Rj
ReplyDeleteRJ - I remember when that was going on. Still, too many treasures were submerged.
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