Archeological Museum of Seville
Museo Arqueológico de Sevilla | |
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| Established | 1879 |
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| Location | Seville, Spain |
| Coordinates | 37°22′15″N 5°59′14″W / 37.37083°N 5.98722°W |
| Type | Archaeology museum |
| Architect | Aníbal González |
| Owner | General State Administration |
The Archeological Museum of Seville (Spanish: Museo Arqueológico de Sevilla) is a museum in
History
The institution was created via royal order issued on 21 November 1879.[1]
Following a move of the collection to the Pabellón del Renacimiento started in 1942, 8 exhibition rooms were opened in the new premises on 25 May 1946.[2]
Collection
The museum's basement houses the El Carambolo treasure, discovered in Camas (3 km NW of Seville) in 1958. The treasure comprises 2950 grams of 24-carat gold and consists of golden bracelets, a golden chain with pendant, buckles, belt- and forehead plates. The hoard, initially associated to Tartessos, has been however interpreted since the 1990s rather as part of a Phoenician sanctuary; this later hypothesis was verified by new archaeological digs in the 2000s.[3] The treasure includes a small figurine of Astarte, a Phoenician goddess.
Other halls of the museum contain findings from the Roman era, many of which are from the nearby Roman city of
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![Valencina idol-plaque (3000–2100 BC)[5]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Placa_de_Valencina_%2817889306690%29.jpg/135px-Placa_de_Valencina_%2817889306690%29.jpg)
Valencina idol-plaque (3000–2100 BC)[5] -
![The so-called "Bronze Carriazo" [es][6]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Astart%C3%A9_%2817449229374%29.jpg/277px-Astart%C3%A9_%2817449229374%29.jpg)
The so-called "Bronze Carriazo"[6] -
![Venus from Italica (117 AD)[7]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/%28Venus_Unica%29_Museo_Arqueol%C3%B3gico_Sevilla.jpg/120px-%28Venus_Unica%29_Museo_Arqueol%C3%B3gico_Sevilla.jpg)
![Valencina idol-plaque (3000–2100 BC)[5]](/File:Placa_de_Valencina_(17889306690).jpg)
![The so-called "Bronze Carriazo" [es][6]](/File:Astart%C3%A9_(17449229374).jpg)
![Venus from Italica (117 AD)[7]](/File:(Venus_Unica)_Museo_Arqueol%C3%B3gico_Sevilla.jpg)
References
- ^ Beltrán Fortes, José; López Rodríguez, José (2012). "Historia de las colecciones del Museo Arqueológico de Sevilla (España)" (PDF). Horti Hesperidum. Studi di storia del collezionismo e della storiografia artística. 2 (1): 95.
- ISSN 2341-3409.
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- ^ Camacho, Manuel (2009). "El matrimonio sedente de Orippo" (PDF). Revista de los Museos de Andalucía. 7 (11): 149.
- Consejería de Cultura y Patrimonio Histórico. Junta de Andalucía.
- S2CID 225431421.
- Consejería de Cultura y Patrimonio Histórico. Junta de Andalucía.
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