An Egyptian temple from the 2nd century BC coming from the Nile’s shore is located since 1970 in the very central park of la Montaña in Madrid. Following the construction of the Aswan dam, which caused the area to flood, the temple was dismantled and transported as a thanks for Spain’s work on the monuments of Nubia. In recent times, there has been discussions on the need for the material conservation of the building, thinking to protective covers. The technique of moving monuments is very old and the Debod temple is just one example of a long history. We can distinguish the displacements, when the whole building moves, from transport, in which the building is dismantled into parts and rebuilt in other places. This case is very common, at least in the past, but obviously more destructive. However, the preservation of the monuments of the past has always caused conflicts with the city of the present, as the Via dell’Impero, inherited from fascism, shows in Rome. Precisely this cas reveals the need for a project that manages the potential conflict between old and new. The necessary chemical-physical treatments have already been applied in the temple of Debod. But the life of a monument is not just conservation of stone or climate control. Rather, we need to grasp the significance of the monument and the relationship with history and the space in which it is located today.
Un tempio egizio del II secolo a.C. proveniente dalle sponde del Nilo è situato dal 1970 nel centralissimo parco di La Montana a Madrid. In seguito alla costruzione della diga di Assuan, che provocò l’inondazione della zona, il tempio fu smantellato e trasportato come ringraziamento per il lavoro della Spagna sui monumenti della Nubia. Negli ultimi tempi si è discusso di esigenza di conservazione materiale dell'edificio, pensando a coperture protettive. La tecnica di spostamento dei monumenti è molto antica e il tempio di Debod è solo un esempio di una lunga storia. Possiamo distinguere gli spostamenti, quando l'intero edificio viene traslato, dai trasporti, in cui l'edificio viene smontato in parti e ricostruito in altri luoghi. Questo caso è molto comune, almeno in passato, ma ovviamente più distruttivo. La conservazione dei monumenti del passato ha sempre causato conflitti con la città del presente, come a Roma la Via dell’Impero, ereditata dal fascismo. Proprio questo caso rivela la necessità di un progetto che gestisca il potenziale conflitto tra vecchio e nuovo. Nel tempio di Debod sono già stati applicati i necessari trattamenti chimico-fisici. Ma la vita di un monumento non è solo conservazione della pietra o controllo del clima. Dobbiamo piuttosto cogliere il significato dell'opera e del rapporto con la storia e lo spazio in cui oggi è collocato.
Moving Monuments? The Temple of Debod in Madrid in a comparison between Spain and Italy / ¿Desplazar monumentos? El templo de Debod en Madrid en una comparación entre España e Italia / Varagnoli, Claudio. - In: ZARCH. - ISSN 2341-0531. - 16:(2021), pp. 32-53. [10.26754/ojs_zarch/23410531]
Moving Monuments? The Temple of Debod in Madrid in a comparison between Spain and Italy / ¿Desplazar monumentos? El templo de Debod en Madrid en una comparación entre España e Italia
varagnoli
2021
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An Egyptian temple from the 2nd century BC coming from the Nile’s shore is located since 1970 in the very central park of la Montaña in Madrid. Following the construction of the Aswan dam, which caused the area to flood, the temple was dismantled and transported as a thanks for Spain’s work on the monuments of Nubia. In recent times, there has been discussions on the need for the material conservation of the building, thinking to protective covers. The technique of moving monuments is very old and the Debod temple is just one example of a long history. We can distinguish the displacements, when the whole building moves, from transport, in which the building is dismantled into parts and rebuilt in other places. This case is very common, at least in the past, but obviously more destructive. However, the preservation of the monuments of the past has always caused conflicts with the city of the present, as the Via dell’Impero, inherited from fascism, shows in Rome. Precisely this cas reveals the need for a project that manages the potential conflict between old and new. The necessary chemical-physical treatments have already been applied in the temple of Debod. But the life of a monument is not just conservation of stone or climate control. Rather, we need to grasp the significance of the monument and the relationship with history and the space in which it is located today.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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