Parque del Oeste - Jardines del Paseo del Pintor Rosales

The park is the location of several attractions including La Rosaleda, a 17,000-square-metre / 55,760-square-feet rose garden where annually in May a rose festival is held, a fountain by Juan Villanueva in Paseo de Camoens and the teleférico running to Casa de Campo. The southerly corner of the park, near Plaza de España, is home to the 4th-century Egyptian Templo de Debod. This monument, built in the position of a prior military barracks, was a gift in 1970 from the Egyptian government in recognition of the assistance they received in saving valuable artifacts preceding the flooding of plains of land due to the erection of the Aswan Dam. The temple, in dedication of the Egyptian god Amon, was dismantled in Egypt before it was relocated to Spain to be reassembled piece by piece amongst palm trees and other exotic flora. During summer months outdoor cafés and bars are established along Ernest Hemingway's favourite street, the Paseo de Pintor Rosales.