The seventh edition of the exhibition of Roman skylights has been open to the public since Tuesday, this time in the neighbouring province. Luz de Roma was inaugurated yesterday by the mayoress of Molina de Segura, Esther Clavero, who was accompanied by the managing director of the MARQ Foundation, José Alberto Cortés, the technical director of the MARQ, Manuel Olcina, the regional director of Banco Sabadell, Gloria Abellán and the curator of the exhibition, Anna García Barrachina.
The travelling exhibition Light of Rome leaves the province of Alicante for the first time to reach Molina de Segura, in the Region of Murcia, a fact that "fills us with pride; we are delighted that the Roman lanterns begin in Murcia their expansion outside the province of Alicante and shows the great interest that our Museum awakens among the people of Murcia, which is why they are the most numerous visitors to MARQ after the people of Alicante". The extraordinary collection of oil lamps from the Roman period can be visited in the Museum of the Enclave of the Wall until 6 June.
This is a unique collection of Roman skylights that will allow us to learn about the usefulness, shape and decoration of these small objects that changed over the centuries of Roman rule. We will be able to follow a chronological journey through the pieces, from the oldest to the most recent, starting in the Iberian period. The main body of the exhibition focuses on pieces from the Roman period, divided into its different stages: Republican, High-Imperial, Low-Imperial and Late Roman.
The exhibition is made up of a total of 43 pieces from the collections of the MARQ, the Monographic Museum of La Alcudia in Elche and the Municipal Archaeological Museum of Elda.
Luz de Roma has previously been exhibited in the Sala Noble of the MARQ Library, Callosa, Sax, Cocentaina, Elche and Crevillente and has been seen by almost 25,000 people.
