Wednesday, October 6, 2010
The Ancient Temple of Debod in Madrid
You may well ask what is such an Egyptian monument doing in the centre of Madrid. Well the Debod Temple ( Templo de Debod ) was relocated to Madrid due to the construction of the Aswan Dam in 1960. During the construction of thre world famous dam in Egypt , UNESCO made a special appeal to countries around the world to help save many historic monuments that where in danger of being lost
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