#Temple of Debod

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The Egyptian Pony went to visit the Temple of Debod in Madrid!

A quick description of the place:

The Temple of Debod (Spanish: Templo de Debod) is an ancient Nubiantemple currently located in Madrid, Spain. The temple was originally erected in the early 2nd century BC at 15 km (9.3 mi) south of Aswan, Egypt. The Egyptian government donated the temple to Spain in 1968 as a sign of gratitude for their participation in the International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia. It was dismantled, transported, and rebuilt in the Parque de la Montaña in 1970–1972. It is one of the few works of ancient Egyptian architecture relocated outside Egypt and the only one of its kind in Spain.

The tourist website about it:

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The Temple of Debod: An Ancient Nubian Temple

The Temple of Debod is a fascinating piece of history that’s now located in Madrid, Spain. Originally built in the early 2nd century BC, it was positioned about 15 km (or roughly 9.3 miles) south of Aswan, Egypt. Interestingly, in 1968, the Egyptian government gifted this temple to Spain as a thank you for their help in saving the monuments of Nubia. After being dismantled, it was transported…

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Templo de Debod. Madrid. España.

La foto en este post es de mi propiedad. Photo in this post is my own.

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Madrid, Spain - The Temple of Debod (Templo de Debod) at the Blue Hour

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Templo de Debod.

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Friday, Dec 27, 2024 | Madrid, Spain

We ate the hostel’s free breakfast (yum!!) then headed out to El Prado, one of Madrid’s major art museums. No photos allowed but I got one in before I found out :)

We had kinda bad sandwiches from a cafe for lunch, but made up for it by getting a delicious smoothie (rejoice, it’s warm enough to walk around with a smoothie here!) Luckily food here is really cheap and you don’t tip, so the bad lunch didn’t put us out much.

We stopped in Real Jardín Botánical (the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid) to relax and get some air. Not much was in bloom of course but it was nice to be outdoors and they had a great little greenhouse.

Next up was Museo Reina Sofía, Spain’s national 20th century art museum. The art here was wayyy more up my alley than El Prado. We saw art by Dali, some cool contemporary artists, and Guernica, the famous painting by Picasso. Both here and at El Prado, Anna and I have been on the lookout for what we’re calling “textbook paintings.” As the name suggests, they’re paintings we learned about in our high school Spanish textbooks. I was so busy enjoying the art I didn’t take any photos!!

We met up with our new friend Dayna at Templo de Debod, a 2nd century Egyptian temple that Egypt gifted to Spain in the 1960s. It’s set on top of a hill with a gorgeous sunset view.

We went with Dayna to help her buy a winter coat and then crashed majorly at the hostel. We walked just over 11 miles today!!

For dinner we went to a pizza place called Cardinale Food & Spritz with Dayna. True to the restaurant’s name, I got a limoncello spritz! We were all exhausted but it was still fun and the food was delicious. We ate pretty late, getting on that Spaniard meal schedule!!

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hypothetically if i were to visit spain, what would be the itinerary you would organise on the first day

Assuming you're arriving in the morning (and in Madrid, as you told me), I'd first get to the center near Atocha train station. This is because it's really close to the three big museums, the golden art triangle, I know you like those. The closest is Reina Sofía, that focuses on art from the 20th century. The most famous painting here is Guernica, but there are many others just as good. Next would be the Prado museum, which focuses in the period between the 12th century and early 20th century, and broadly based on the spanish monarchy's collection. It's by far the biggest collection in Spain, one particular author who stands out is Velázquez, the court's painter during what is known as the golden age. Last is the Thyssen-Bornemisza museum, it also focuses on the 20th century, movements like impressionism and expressionism, and it is based on the private collection of the family whose name the museum bears, according to Wikipedia it used to be the second largest private art collection behind the British Royal Collection.

After that, if you don't spend too much time, you'll have spent the entire morning between museums. After eating, and I don't know any good places to eat in Madrid because it's a city hostile to all human life, I would just have a leisurely walk around the city center, it's not too big but it's also not small. Places like the Atocha statue to the murdered communist lawyers, Puerta del Sol, the Debod temple (Egypt gifted an entire temple to Spain after it helped with some flooding and they literally deconstructed it, shipped the individual stones, and reconstructed it in Madrid), the royal palace, the western park (site of many vestiges of the civil war) spring to mind. So after spending a good few hours walking around I would invite you to escape Madrid and visit where I live, but alas I won't doxx myself. I promise there are very interesting things to see though

[al-mayriti]

Hola, a friend and I are thinking about doing a sightseeing trip to Madrid in the middle of november. Do you have some insider tips what we should see? :)

hi anon, yes of course !!!

so, one thing about madrid, it isn't a monument city but a walking city. i'd say walking through the city center, centered around the two main squares, puerta del sol and plaza mayor (both also massive tourist hotspots so expect a ton of people). just walking around that area, around arenal street, calle mayor (main street), carretas street and others is enough to get a feel of the oldest part of the city (also called 'madrid the los austrias' or 'austrian madrid', when spain was ruled by the habsburgs). it's my favourite area honestly, alongside the barrio de las letras, which you can get to walking or in a few metro stops. its name translates to 'neighborhood of the letters' because a ton of writers lived here, and you can find phrases from spanish literary classics engraved on the streets, it's lovely.

apart from that central area, other cool spots i would really recommend you should check out is gran vía (busiest street in the city, it literally translates to 'broadway', it has a ton of theatres as well), malasaña (hip arts district, love the vibe, also it's so beautiful and there's always stuff going on, really nice place to go out at night as well), chueca (next to malasaña, it's the queer district!!! also very beautiful), debod (my actual favourite place in the city!!!!!! it's this hill that holds an egyptian temple - the temple of debod - that was gifted to spain after the aswan campaign, you can visit it and also the views from the city from here are lovely, you can find the best sunset here), el rastro (the largest flea market in the country, you can visit it every sunday, you can find anything here. also nearby, in the cuesta de moyano, there's a book fair also open only on sundays), retiro park (our main park, really pretty, it's very nice to just chill; it also has a lake you can row on, and cool statues and stuff), and the royal palace (it's open to the public if that's your thing, but the area around it is very very nice, i always end up here when i hang out with my friends).

now let's talk museums!!!! madrid has a ton of museums, i'll tell you the ones i recommend but depending on what you're looking for there's probably something for you. important to note is that at least the prado and the reina sofía museums are free everyday one hour before they close !!!!!! important !!!!!! check in case there's other museums that do this, but i'm unsure, i think it's those two and maybe the thyssen?

so. the main three art museums in madrid are the prado museum (the counterpart of the louvre, that sorta vibe), the reina sofía museum (our modern art museum, only stuff from picasso onwards), and the thyssen museum (ngl i haven't been here, it's a private museum made out of the collection of this one countess). all of them (more or less) are in the prado boulevard, which is also very nice to walk by so it's always lovely to go there even if you don't enter the museums. nearby there's also the national archaeological museum, my personal favourite one.

other smaller but also cool museums that i love are the madrid history museum (the facade is insane, also has tons of cool maps of the city), romanticism museum (an old romanticism-era palace with romanticism-era paintings and other stuff), cerralbo museum (underrated af; it is the personal collection of this one noble, the building itself is absolutely insane), and the sorolla museum (if you like sorolla this is your place!).

(i'm nearly done i swear)

if you have time and want to visit a nearby city, my recommendations are: alcalá de henares (really close to madrid, it has the second oldest university in spain, with a medieval feel to it, it also has the madrid archaeological museum - it was a roman foundation under the name of complutum - and most importantly, it's known for being the birthplace of miguel de cervantes, writer of don quijote!!!! you can visit his house, it's now a museum :), el escorial (deep in the mountains, it has the monastery of el escorial, maximum icon of spanish renaissance, it was the winter palace of the monarchy and holds the royal crypt, where most of spanish monarchs have been buried), toledo (oh if you love medieval cities you'll love this one. it was the first capital of spain, and it is most known for being the city that during the medieval times had christians, muslims and jews living peacefully. there's tons of churches, mosques and synagogues to visit, and it is very well preserved, with narrow steep cobblestone streets, cannot recommend it enough), and segovia (toledo is to the south of madrid, and segovia to the north! it is most famous for its roman aqueduct, the best preserved and highest in the country, and it also has a ton of historical buildings, including its alcázar, a palace that inspired the sleeping beauty castle !!!!!). also it's not a city but there's a national park in madrid, the sierra de guadarrama national park and it's super beautiful, it's this lovely mountainous area perfect for hiking or just chilling, and depending on when in november you come, you might see snow!

as a final warning!! i don't know where you're from but in november madrid is probably colder than you are expecting so make sure to pack some extra layers just in case !!!

[travelling-my-little-pony]

The Egyptian Pony went to visit the Temple of Debod in Madrid!

A quick description of the place:

The Temple of Debod (Spanish: Templo de Debod) is an ancient Nubiantemple currently located in Madrid, Spain. The temple was originally erected in the early 2nd century BC at 15 km (9.3 mi) south of Aswan, Egypt. The Egyptian government donated the temple to Spain in 1968 as a sign of gratitude for their participation in the International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia. It was dismantled, transported, and rebuilt in the Parque de la Montaña in 1970–1972. It is one of the few works of ancient Egyptian architecture relocated outside Egypt and the only one of its kind in Spain.

The tourist website about it:

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My sister coming back from Madrid and showing me the pictures have made me realize that some Madrilians are dumb. Like, every time they wanna brag about Madrid they show the same picture of the same goddamn building (if y'all Spanish y'all probably know which one) which looks cool, but like. You guys have El Retiro Park. You guys have the Debod Temple. The Prado Museum, the Thyssen Museum, the Royal Palace, el Palacio de Cristal, El Capricho, la Puerta de Alcalá... And y'all always choose the goddamn Carrión building to brag about your city?? C'mon guys

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Places to visit in Madrid, Spain 🇪🇸. 4k.

1. Royal Palace

2. Almudena Cathedral

3. Sabatini Gardens

4. Plaza de la Villa

5. Plaza Mayor

6. Gran Vía Avenue

7. Puerta de Alcalá

8. Retiro Park

9. Retiro Pond

10. Egyptian temple of Debod

11. Madrid Rio Park

12. Arganzuela's Monumental Bridge

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Week 5: Groceries, Madrid Musts, and Barcelona

The thing no one tells you about moving to a different country is that grocery shopping is exhausting. There are no brands you recognize, everything’s in different packaging, and even if you know the language, your food vocab probably isn’t extensive enough to know the difference between different types of milks or oils. Now in my fourth week of grocery shopping here. I thought I had the hang of things, but it still takes me like an hour to get two weeks worth of groceries. I have to walk around and figure out where what I need is, then sift through the twenty different options of the same thing by turning each item over and pretending that I understand the ingredients list enough to help me make a decision. I guess one perk of not knowing anything about the grocery store is that you get to discover new foods. Back home, my family’s always gotten the same bread, milk, eggs my whole life. So I have no idea if there’s a better brand out there. But here, I get to pick and explore. Last week, when buying cheese for sandwiches, I picked a random one and oh my gosh it’s the best cheese I ever had. Maybe when I get home, I’ll start being more adventurous with my grocery shopping. But yeah, mini rant over, and to summarize, if you’re going abroad and reading this, get mentally prepared to go grocery shopping.

In other news, this week, I went to see the sunset at Templo de Debod and also went to see Museo Sorolla. Both are musts in Madrid. Templo de Debod is an Egyptian temple that was moved to Madrid in order to be preserved. It’s a super cool piece of Egyptian history with a small museum inside, and it’s on top of a hill, so it makes for one of the most popular sunset spots. I really enjoyed watching the sunset here this week and will definitely be back! 

Even if you’re someone who doesn’t quite enjoy the big art museums (like the Prado), I can almost guarantee that Museo Sorolla will still be enjoyable. Joaquin Sorolla is a famous Spanish Impressionism-esque painter. His house in Madrid is turned into a museum, so you get to walk through his house while looking at his original paintings, furniture, gardens, etc. It really feels like more of a tour through someone’s life than an art museum. And it’s a small museum, so you can finish in about an hour, or two with the audio guide (which I loved so much and definitely recommend). I loved the gardens out front and how beautifully everything was preserved in the house. It really is a lesser known gem in Madrid. 

Another rather unconventional must in my opinion is Flying Tiger. Flying Tiger is a Danish chain of stores that sell things I can only describe as “things you didn’t know you needed until you see them”. I think it’s pretty aptly named because you’ve probably never thought of a flying tiger before, but now that I’ve said it- how cool would a flying tiger be? That’s exactly what everything in the store is like. Little knickknacks that you don’t really need, but are so interesting you’ll just need to have it. One of my favorite things were these little balloon clips that let you reuse the balloon instead of tying it. Like how cool is that??? It’s a dangerous shop to go into for sure, and you’ll probably end up buying something. But embrace it and go visit Flying Tiger for yourself. 

This weekend, I took a quick trip to Barcelona. Having already been there with my family back in 2019, I took the time to walk around, explore the more artsy districts, re-visit the Sagrada Familia since it’s just that beautiful, and went to the flea market. We also went to the Bunkers of Carmel which had gorgeous 360° views of the city. I remember liking Barcelona better than Madrid when I first visited with my family, but now that I’ve been living in Madrid for almost a month, going to Barcelona has made me realize how much I appreciate Madrid. Both are beautiful cities, but there’s just something about the liveliness and deep history and culture in Madrid that’s unmatched. 

So…you probably noticed there’s no drawing of the week today. Basically, I got my first Fluid Dynamics homework assigned and the time I would’ve spent drawing was spent on that. But I’m going to go ahead and say maybe there’ll be two drawings next week. 

You’ll have to wait and see :)

Isha Venkatesh

Mechanical Engineering

Comillas — Madrid, Spain

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