Museo Arqueológico de Granada | |
Established | 1859 |
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Location | Granada, Spain |
Type | Archaeology museum |
Owner | General State Administration |
The Archaeological Museum of Granada is an archaeological museum in the Albayzín district, Granada, Spain. It was established in 1879.[1]
The museum is located at 41, Carrera del Darro in the Castril palace, dating from the 16th century. It hosts many artefacts from a range of time periods, namely halls dedicated to Paleolithic and hominization process; Neolithic and Eneolithic; Bronze Age; Colonizations and Hispano-Roman peoples; Roman era, Late Roman and Paleo Christian; Hispano-Visigothic and Mozarab archeology; and Western Middle Ages and Hispano-Muslim Archeology.[2]
It includes a Renaissance patio. The building's façade was created in 1593.
- Iberian Lion of Daragoleja
- Bust of Ganymede
- Piece from Medina Elvira (c. 10th century)
- Astrolabe (15th century)
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References and notes
Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent Spanish-language Wikipedia article, accessed December 1, 2006.
- ↑ Toro Moyano, Isidro (2017). "El Museo Arqueológico de Granada. Pasado, presente y futuro" (PDF). Boletín del Museo Arqueológico Nacional. Madrid: Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 35: 253. ISSN 2341-3409.
- ↑ Toro Moyano 2017, p. 261.
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