The montaña del Príncipe Pío is a hill in the western part of
Madrid, Spain.
Background
It is named after prince Gisberto Pío de Saboya, a member of the
Pio di Savoia family, whose wife Juana de Moura owned property there. Later, barracks (''Cuartel de la Montaña'') were constructed there. The Madrilene rebels who
fought the Napoleonic invaders were executed there on the morning of 3 May 1808, as painted by
Francisco de Goya.
Around the 1960s, the barracks were demolished to make room for the
Parque del Oeste
The Parque del Oeste (in English: ''Western Park'') is a park of the city of Madrid (Spain) situated between the Autovía A-6, the Ciudad Universitaria de Madrid and the district of Moncloa. Before the 20th century, the land that the park cu ...
. The former location of the barracks is now the site of the
Temple of Debod, a Nubian temple given by the Egyptian government to Spain in gratitude for Spanish help in saving antiquities during the building of the
Aswan Dam.
References
Geography of Madrid
Hills of Spain
Landforms of the Community of Madrid
Moncloa-Aravaca
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