The montaña del Príncipe Pío is a hill in the western part of

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, Spain.

Background

It is named after prince Francisco Pío de Saboya, a member of the Italian Pio di Savoia family, whose mother 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

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. 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 ...

. The former location of the barracks is now the site of the

Temple of Debod The Temple of Debod () is an ancient Nubian temple currently located in Madrid, Spain. The temple was originally erected in the early 2nd century BC south of Aswan, Egypt. The Egyptian government donated the temple to Spain in 1968 as a sign of ...

, a Nubian temple given by the Egyptian government to Spain in gratitude for Spanish help in saving antiquities during the building of the

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References

Geography of Madrid Hills of Spain Landforms of the Community of Madrid Moncloa-Aravaca {{madrid-geo-stub