Municipal History Museum of Écija

Municipal History Museum of Écija

Museo Histórico Municipal de Écija
Established	November 1997
Location	Plaza de la Constitución, Écija, Spain
Type	History museum, archaeological museum
Owner	Ayuntamiento de Écija
Spanish Cultural Heritage
Official name	Palacio de los Marqueses de Benamejí [es]
Type	Non-movable
Criteria	Monument
Designated	1994
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

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

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]

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  Warrior stele from Atalaya de la Moranilla
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  Écija Plaque
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  Detail of the Roman mosaic of the Nereids
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  Detail of the wounded amazon

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Fernández Ugalde, Antonio (2017). "Museo Histórico Municipal de Écija" (PDF). Boletín del Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 35. Madrid: Museo Arqueológico Nacional: 476–485. ISSN 2341-3409.
• González Beviá, Fernando J.; Martín Sanjuán, Fernando; Romo Salas, Ana; García Dils de la Vega, Sergio (2002). "La política municipal de protección del patrimonio histórico". Revista PH. 38. Seville: Instituto Andaluz del Patrimonio Histórico: 210. doi:10.33349/2002.38.1337.

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