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the project. The temple is carved
with shallow reliefs, and stands
in a line with two of its original
three gates on high ground
above the Río Manzan ares, in
the gardens of the Parque del
Oeste. From the park there are
views over the Casa de Campo
to the Guadarrama mountains.
The park is the site of the
former Montaña barracks, which
were stormed by the populace
at the start of the Civil War in
1936. Further west, below the
brow of the hill, is an attractive
rose garden.
7 Museo de
América
Avenida de los Reyes Católicos 6.
Tel 91 549 26 41.  Moncloa. Open
9:30am–3pm Tue–Sat (to 7pm Thu),
10am–3pm Sun. Closed some public
hols. & (free Sun). 7 8 by appt.
∑ museodeamerica.mcu.es
This museum houses artifacts
related to Spain’s colonization
of parts of the Americas. Many
of the exhibits, which range
Egyptian temple of Debod, with two of its original gateways from prehistoric times to the
present, were brought back
5 Ermita de San women. The fresco is consid- to Europe by early explorers
Antonio de la ered by many art critics to be of the New World (see pp62–3).
Florida among Goya’s finest works. The collection is arranged on
the first and second floors, and
Goya’s tomb is housed in the
Glorieta San Antonio de la Florida 5. chapel. His re mains were brought individual rooms are given a
Tel 91 547 79 37.  Príncipe Pío. here from Bordeaux, where he cultural theme such as society,
Open 9:30am–8pm Tue–Sun. died in exile in 1828 (see p243). communication and religion.
Closed public hols. ^ 7 There is documentation of the
∑ esmadrid.com Atlantic voyages by the first
6 Templo de Debod explorers, and examples of the
Goya enthusiasts should not Paseo de Pintor Rosales. Map 1 B5. objects which they found. The
miss a visit to the Neo-Classical Tel 91 366 74 15.  Ventura highlight of the museum is per-
Ermita de San Antonio de la Rodríguez, Plaza de España. haps a war helmet belonging
Florida, built during the reign of Open 9:30am–8pm Sat & Sun; to the Tlingit people of North
Carlos IV. The present church Apr–Sep: 10am–2pm, 6–8pm America. It depicts a wolf, the
stands on the site of two Tue–Fri; Oct–Mar: 10am–2pm, lineage motif and protector
previous ones and is dedicated 4–6pm Tue–Fri. Closed public spirit, and was worn as a
to St Anthony. It is named after hols & afternoons in Aug. symbol of power and
the pasture land of la Florida, on ∑ esmadrid.com strength during battle.
which the first church was built. Also worth seeing are the
Goya took four months, in The Egyptian sol id gold funereal
1798, to paint the cupola. It temple of ornaments from
depicts the resurrection of a Debod, built in Colombia, the
murdered man who rises in the 2nd century Treasure of the
order to prove the innocence BC, was rescued Quimbayas
of the falsely accused father from the area (AD 500–1000),
of St Anthony. The characters flooded by the and the collection
in it are everyday people of the Aswan Dam and of contemporary
late 18th century: lurking, low- given to Spain as folk art from some
life types and lively majas (see a tribute to Spanish Flask from the Treasure of Spain’s former
p297) – shrewd but elegant engineers involved in of the Quimbayas American colonies.

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