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.
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.
The old Almadraba warehouse building, once completed its rehabilitation as a Service Building, is the space that houses the Nueva Tabarca Museum since its inauguration in May 2004. For this purpose, a new distribution of the rooms of the same was carried out, keeping the original floor, with the aim of being able to accommodate the two large spaces that initially comprise this museum project: the Audiovisual Room and the Showroom. Witness and symbol of the intense relations between man and the sea that have occurred on the island throughout the ages, the Almadraba de Tabarca was for many years the main economic engine for the island inhabitants, mainly thanks to the fishing of the tuna. Nowadays, this building, directly related to this important fishing activity, has become a physical space from where it contributes to know the remarkable Tabarquino heritage, both natural and cultural, and by extension, the people who have had in the Its main ally to survive. Schedule: Wednesday to Sunday, both inclusive, adapted to the schedule of the Santa Pola-Tabarca line boats (in the mornings from 10.45am). Starting at 11:30 am, during summer time, adapted to the schedule of the Alicante-Tabarca line boats). Group visits: prior telephone request; also by e-mail: conserjeria.museotabarca@alicante.es
It exhibits a selection of objects that are a reflection of the roots of Torrevieja. It is the most important museum in the city, mainly ethnological, where you will know the origins of the city and its history. Opened in February 1995 in its current provisional headquarters, it exhibits a selection of objects that are a reflection of the roots of Torrevieja as, a sample of saltworks crafts, collection of vintage photographs, scale models of ships, archaeological material, fishing elements and navigation and others. Recently highlights the exhibition of a magnificent model and diorama Torrevejense sailboat "Pascual Flores", the last boat in life of the ancient Torrevieja cabotage sailors, which is being rehabilitated in the Salt Quay and has been acquired in the United Kingdom by the City Council of Torrevieja. But without a doubt, one of the most unique attractions of this museum, is that you can visit the submarine Dolphin S-61, ceded by the Ministry of Defense of Spain to the City of Torrevieja, constituting an unprecedented fact. The ship can be visited in the port, in the area of the fishing pier. Inside you can visit all the facilities of the boat, receiving both national and foreign visits, as it is the only ship of these characteristics that can be visited in Spain. It represents a milestone as an extension of the Museum of the Sea and Salt of Torrevieja. Address: Calle Patricio Perez, 10 bajo Schedule: Monday and Tuesday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, from 10 am to 2 pm and from 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm Sundays: from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Price: Free admission Telephone: call from Torrevieja.com at 966704643
The Turrón Museum is a private institution dedicated to recuperating the technological heritage related to the production of turrón (a type of nougat) and marzipans, and more generally, the technology related to the economic development of Jijona throughout its history. The museum is spread over three floors on each of which tools and utensils are displayed and the processes are explained according to the following criteria: Top floor: prime materials (sugar, honey, almonds and eggs) Middle floor: Processes (Jijona and Alicante turrón, marzipans) Lower floor: Commercialisation of the product (points of sale, publicity, packaging, company history, local history)
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.
Discovered on December 1, 1963 by Mr. José María Soler, the Treasure of Villena is a spectacular set of 66 pieces of various metals made up of bowls, bracelets, bottles and various pieces of gold ornament, three silver bottles, a bracelet of iron, an iron finish with gold ornaments and a button of amber and gold. In total, a unique find of almost 10 kilos of gold, which was hidden 3,000 years ago and is considered the most important prehistoric treasure in Europe. The Treasure is exhibited in the José María Soler Archaeological Museum, which exhibits pieces of great value from the different periods of history that document the human occupation of this region since prehistory – 50,000 years ago – until today. The remains belonging to the Bronze Age are numerous and come from more than 20 villages, being the Cabezo Redondo its maximum exponent. On the other hand, materials from the Iberian period and Roman and Arab civilizations are also represented in sites as important as the Iberian settlement of Puntal de Salinas, the fabulous Arracada de la Condomina, the Dama de Caudete, and by remains of columns, pottery and coins belonging to several Roman villas.
This museum occupies the 18th century Gravina Palace, which once belonged to the Count of Lumiares and housed the Provincial Archives. It exhibits works owned by the Provincial Council of Alicante, with collections comprising works of art created in Alicante from the Middle Ages through to the early 20th century. Open in 2019.
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