According to architectural documents and writings, the first construction of the fortress could be chronologically chronologically placed between the end of the 13th century and the beginning of the 14th. With the arrival of the Corella family, Counts of Cocentaina, to the old medieval construction were added architectural elements of later styles, mainly the Renaissance and Baroque during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. At the beginning of the 21st century we have a square building with three towers that stand out to the north, southeast and northeast, while the one located to the northwest is between the walls of the convent. From the entrance door through the courtyard to the staircase you can access the first floor. From the patio you enter the chapel of San Antonio Abad, reformed at the beginning of the 16th century. The chapel is presided by the Renaissance altarpiece dedicated to the saint made by the painter of Cocentaina Nicolás Borrás at the end of the 16th century.
Located in the basement of the building "Casa del Paso" on the campus of the Salesians of the University Miguel Hernandez, Museum of the wall includes historical elements of great importance for the city: its ancient wall, Islamic dwellings, Arab baths, remains a gothic palace and the Casa del Paso ... .In addition, interesentantes ceramic sets, among which ceramics and faience of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Islamic Moorish tiles and ceramics with a variety of shapes and decorations.
In the old town is the Museum of Ethnic Music Busot. An exquisite sample taken from all ages, cultures and corners of the world instruments from the collection of the renowned musicologist Carlos Blanco Fadol, the largest collector of ethnic instruments in the world. Museum of Ethnic Music Busot offers intense thematic exhibition of musical instruments more strongly rooted in human tradition of the different ethnic groups of our planet. Through clues about its origins, its thematic classification of the collection by habits, customs and territories, the museum brings not only visitors, but also the student of ethnography, the information needed to better understand the evolution of this ancient manifestation ; music as a worldview; instruments as ways to interpret, understand and master the same world. A must visit The collection of Carlos Blanco Fadol exposed in these rooms means the continued effort of four decades of research and collection of ethnic musical instruments through 145 countries spread across five continents. A unique collection of over 4,000 exclusive pieces , of which this museum offers a significant selection, grouped in different thematic fronts. A must for lovers of culture , where you can discover and listen to the sounds of the world. The museum is located just 5 minutes drive from the Caves of Canelobre , in the old town, opposite the Church of San Lorenzo Martire and has a large public parking where to park while enjoying your visit at Busot. The visit to the Museum of Ethnic Music Busot is an essential stop if you are visiting the famous Caves Canelobre , so offered a combined ticket for the visit.
The Maritime Museum complex is located in the Castle-Fortress of Santa Pola. It has three different sections: 1. History and Arqueology (South wing) It is presented as a monographic exhibition, focussing on the history of Santa Pola, with three main topics: Prehistoric era. the Iberians, the RomanPort and the history of the Castle. 2. Ethnography of the Sea and Fishing (North Wing) Fishing has always been an important source of wealth merely by itself, but acquires industrial proportions when man gets a better knowledge of the sea and knows how to evaluate its resources and then exploit them. With the sea as a setting, seamen as the main actors and boats as the tools, these are the three substantial elements that shape Maritime History and make it an essential part of the history of mankind. This is reflected in the Maritime Museum and Fishing Museum, as the materials in the exhibition explain their relevance with the environment. 3. Historical background of Music and the Sea (East Wing) This section consists of five rooms dedicated to the history of music in Santa Pola and the archaeological remains the Cap de l'Aljub of Tower, the predecessor of the current castle-fortress. The Tower of the Port del Cap de l’Aljub, was built in XIV century, This small defensive settlement gave rise to a country house (this term is used in the medieval documents to refer to this small village) with some shops to supply the soldiers and sailors. It also was used as a warehouse in order to protect the goods from being stolen, as well as from the inclement weather. Additionally, there was a church and an oven for baking bread. The Music section consists of three rooms, two dedicated to Alfosea, and Quislant teachers and one to the music bands as for example Banda Unión Musical, Mare de Deu de Loreto, La Colla's Freu, La Coral Levantina and Coral Villa de Santa Pola, for their contribution to the culture and Santa Pola traditions.
The Alcoy Museum of the Festival (MAF), managed by the Association of San Jorge, is an essential space to learn about the iconic Moors and Christians Festivities of Alcoy, declared of International Tourist Interest. Housed in a historic building, the museum offers a journey through the history, tradition, and symbolism of these celebrations. Through original costumes, weapons, models and audiovisuals, the visitor can immerse themselves in the magic and splendor of this unique festivity. Ideal for all ages, the MAF is a window into the cultural soul of Alcoy, complemented by views of the historic centre of the city.
The museum of the Reconquest was set up in 1985, by the Moros y Cristianos (Moors and Christians) Festivals Association ‘Santas Justa y Rufina’ with headquarters in the palace 'Palacio de Rubalcava'. When it changed premises in 2003 to where it is currently located, the Festivals Association, proposed a new museum project, which was inaugurated in 2006. There are two main areas, one dedicated to the Moorish group and the other the Christians. Many aspects of the Moors - Christian celebrations, such as the history, the legends, the krewea, the role each had in the celebrations, the music etc. are touched upon in this museum.
The Hacienda de los LLanos or Don Florencio, an agricultural farm of 30,562 m2, has been set up as the Huerta Museum, in which the visitor knows the reality of traditional work in the countryside from the original buildings and utensils of the hacienda and those donated by the residents of the municipality.
This museum, inaugurated on May 13, 1995, is located next to the Parish of the Transfiguration of the Lord, to the right of the monument of the Patroness, the first monument in the world dedicated to the Festival of Moors and Christians. The museum has two floors in which all those elements of a festive nature have been placed, such as costumes, flags, weapons, documents, photographs ... that have been part of the history of the Festival of Moors and Christians of Ibi. The fund that is available in the Museum has been formed thanks to the invaluable collaboration of people and entities that have ceded the objects in a disinterested manner. The whole museum is decorated with festive music, screens with videos from previous years and a digitized tablet system where you can explore much more about the party. The museum consists of two floors. In the first of them we can find several rooms with mannequins that show the official costumes of the comparsas, both current and those of previous years. Apart from the official costumes we can also see some festive costumes, among them the Christian Captain costume, by the Comparsa Maseros, from the year 1930, buttoned with 58 silver coins. Rotating exhibitions are soon planned so that visitors can enjoy many more costumes. On this same floor you can also see a real size sketch and a bust in plaster with bronze treatment of the Moor and the Christian that contains the Monument to the Patroness, a monument that looks on our Church Square, which we can observe the outskirts of the museum. The second floor consists of several rooms, including the audiovisual room, this is used to make projections. We can also find the corner of the festeros of honor, a festive chronology, the music room, several exhibitions of photographs, flags belonging to comparsas, armament, the covers of party magazines, several historical documents of special relevance as the text of the embassies of the year 1872 or the Regulations of the Feast of the year 1913. Among other objects, instruments are exhibited with which the old paper cartridges were made, which, filled with gunpowder, were used to load blunderbusses and arquebuses in the firing acts. A museum that hides a lot of history, without a doubt, if you are passionate about the Moors and Christians, you can not stop visiting it. In the museum you can find: -Chart of Vicente Ferrero: bust and design to original size, of the Moor and Christian that looks in the Plaza de la Iglesia - Photographic album that shows the remodeling process of the Plaza de la Iglesia, prepared by Enrique Pastor Castelló -Figures of Moor and Christian, exterior poster and figure of the Virgin of Olegario Bernabeu - Corner with the images of all the honorary party -Focus charges images corner -Made of all party magazines and posters -Aquarelas original by Rafael Guarinos that served as an illustration for the trilogy of: '' Ibi, a shared destiny ''. -Photos of all the Festivals Commissions since 1962 -Mural of emblematic photos of our Fiestas since the 19th century - Holiday Chronology -Projection header official video of Fiestas 2015 News in the museum: -Book of Gold -Collection full Official Party Magazines - Music scores corner -The Almogávares bring their old flag after changing it for the 50th anniversary of the comparsa -New costumes -Car of "Paco el del Carro" -Two pieces of artistic archaeological heritage of the Valencian Community. Painting with the representation of the Patroness, Mare de Déu del Desemparats and another representing the coronation of the Virgin Mary
On May 10, 1969, the Azorín House-Museum was founded, in a characteristic nineteenth-century house that rebuilds the home in which José Martínez Ruiz lived, one of the most famous Spanish prose writers. The Casa Museo is owned by the CAM Cultural Foundation and has become a world benchmark for the study of the work and the figure of José Martínez Ruiz. His library houses more than 17,500 books, some with personal notes of the writer, as well as a documentary and hemerographic Azorinian background of 6,000 articles and more than 3,000 letters. Thanks to the successive legacies and donations, an extensive private library of Azorín has been created, with which the Museum House has become a focus of research promotion on the writer of Monóvar and the Generation of '98. Azorín lived until his adolescence between Monóvar and Yecla. His brothers, Amparo and Amancio, collaborated in the restoration of the House in order to keep the spirit of Azorín alive. At the moment it is the only material vestige that remains to us to honor the figure of Azorín in Monóvar. As regards the property, it is a representative construction of traditional houses Valencian, with ground floor, first floor and cambra. The first floor of the house stands out for its monumental stone entrance and its two large openings arranged on both sides of it. On the first floor, and in symmetry with the previous floor, we find three large balconies equipped with rejería. The upper part has a changer with small spans and rejería. The decoration of the façade is reduced to the flat moldings of plaster that run horizontally marking the separation of heights. From the initial house the entrance is conserved and, with different functionality, the father's office, the bedrooms, the family library and the attic.
Since its inauguration, the MUA has had its own publications, with an activity that, although it has its greatest volume in the edition of catalogs, includes monographs, reasoned catalogs, essays, didactic publications, facsimiles, guides of the collection or results of diverse activities. The Museum of the University of Alicante (MUA) is a pioneering project within the Spanish university, for its innovative architectural design and its museographic proposal based on the alternation of temporary exhibitions of a scientific, artistic and patrimonial nature. Created in 1999, the MUA is conceived as an effective instrument to provide comprehensive training to the student, through initiatives that contribute to enhance their sensitivity and facilitate a more reflective knowledge of our condition, society and history. The main mission that the MUA faces is to become a space of cultural dynamization, learning, encounter and confrontation, which allows to approach the innovation and experimentation of the university sphere and contemporary art to the whole society. In this sense, the museum becomes a knowledge socializer and vehicle of activation of the cultural life of the community.
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