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Guided tour at Luxor Temple illuminated at dusk
Luxor y el Nilo

Templo de Luxor

El templo de Amenhotep III en pleno centro, mejor cuando se encienden las luces.

Construido
Amenhotep III c. 1390 a. C.; pilono de Ramsés II c. 1270 a. C.
Obelisco
25 m; su gemelo está en la plaza de la Concordia de París
Columnata
14 columnas papiriformes, 16 m, de Amenhotep III
Capas
templo faraónico, capilla romana, mezquita de Abu el-Haggag (siglo XIII)

El templo de Luxor fue construido por Amenhotep III hacia 1390 a. C. y completado por Tutankamón y Ramsés II, cuyo pilono y obelisco único (su gemelo está en París) forman la fachada. La mezquita de Abu el-Haggag se alza en su interior y una capilla romana al fondo. Una hora con guía; entrada unas 500 EGP; abierto hasta las 21:00, iluminado tras la puesta de sol. Incluido en nuestro día en Luxor y en el medio día de la orilla este.

La visita

Luxor Temple was the "southern sanctuary" where the statue of Amun came from Karnak every year for the Opet festival along the Avenue of Sphinxes. Ramses II added the pylon with his colossi and the two obelisks, one given to France in 1833. Behind the courtyard runs the colonnade of Amenhotep III, carved with the Opet procession under Tutankhamun.

The temple was never abandoned: the Romans made it a fort and painted a chapel to the emperors in the sanctuary; the Copts built churches in the courtyards; the mosque of Abu Haggag, built on the rubble in the 13th century, still stands on top of the Ramses court with its door six metres above the ancient floor.

It is small enough for an hour and at its best when the sun has gone and the stones are lit. Our afternoon East Bank tour and the felucca sails are timed for that.

Consejos de nuestros guías

  • Visit after 17:00 for the lights and the cooler air
  • The Avenue of Sphinxes can be walked from here towards Karnak
  • The Luxor Museum is 1 km north and worth an hour

Mejor época: El crepúsculo, en cualquier estación.

Preguntas

Yes, it is open until 21:00 and floodlit. The afternoon East Bank tour ends here as the lights come on.
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