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Municipal History Museum of Écija

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Municipal History Museum of Écija
Museo Histórico Municipal de Écija
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EstablishedNovember 1997
LocationPlaza de la Constitución, Écija, Spain
TypeHistory museum, archaeological museum
OwnerAyuntamiento de Écija
Official namePalacio de los Marqueses de Benamejí [es]
TypeNon-movable
CriteriaMonument
Designated1994
Reference no.RI-51-0008775-00000

The Municipal History Museum of Écija (Spanish: Museo Histórico Municipal de Écija) is a history museum in Écija, Spain, mainly dedicated to archaeology.

History

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Hosted at the Benamejí Palace, an instance of the local Baroque architecture,[1] the museum is owned by the municipality and operated by a municipal foundation.[2] It began operation in November 1997.[3] The first archaeology section opened in 1999.[2] The museum joined the regional register of museums of Andalusia in 2000.[2]

Pieces

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Among the items exhibited at the museum, standout collections include the set of Roman mosaics from Astigi (one of the largest from Hispania), Roman sculpture (including the iconic wounded amazon), the anthropologic collection from the Late antiquity and the Al-Andalus period, the Roman epigraphy, a number of warrior stelae and the pre-Roman Écija Plaque found in the surrounding campiña.[4]

References

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Citations
  1. ^ González Beviá et al. 2002, pp. 217–218.
  2. ^ a b c Fernández Ugalde 2017, p. 478.
  3. ^ Rodríguez, Manuel (29 November 2017). "Veinte años de la galería municipal que antes fue cuartel". El Correo de Andalucía.
  4. ^ Fernández Ugalde 2017, p. 481–482.
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