Museo Festero (Villena)

Museums

Located in the headquarters of the Central Board of Festivals, former palace belonging to the Selva-Mergelina family. It is a four-story building that perfectly reflects the typology of nineteenth-century bourgeois construction. Inside, the Nolla ceramic floors stand out, one of the most characteristic and genuine elements of Valencian modernism. The museum is dedicated to house an important collection of objects related to the traditional Moors and Christians Festivities of Villena. It shows costumes and festeras images, posters and programs published over many years or memories of previous parties. In addition, the funds show a representation of all the costumes of the fourteen comparsas that participate in the Moors and Christians Festivities. Important is the section dedicated to the conservation of original scores of festive music, inseparable companion of all the acts that are celebrated during those days.