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The museums of the Diputación de Alicante have concluded a successful year with interesting exhibitions and proposals which, in the case of the MARQ, began with the closing of the 'Warriors of Xi'an' and its record number of visitors and concluded with the inauguration of the exhibition 'Cities of Light. Àkra Lueké, Lucentum, Laqant', open to the public since 20 December.
The wide range of exhibits on display at the MARQ during 2024 has been rewarded with the figure of 158,000 visitors. Precisely the January was the busiest month of the year, with more than 32,000 visitors who came to bid farewell to "The Legacy of the Qin and Han Dynasties, China. The Terracotta Warriors of Xi'an", which has become the most visited temporary exhibition in the history of the museum with 278,000 visitors since its opening in March 2023.
In addition, during 2024, the Archaeological Museum hosted the international exhibition "Dynasties. The First Kingdoms of Prehistoric Europe". which, from March to October, registered 51,602 visitors. Figures to which should be added the 87,179 visitors to "Guardians of Stone". in the Castle of Santa Barbara in Alicante, from March to October 2024, and the 24,573 visits received at the exhibition "Idols. Millenarian gazes".to its closure to the public in the Museum of Huelvaon 22 October 2024.
Currently, the foyer of MARQ is hosting the exhibition "Trousseaus for Eternity. The funerary rite at Cabezo Lucero".(Rojales, Alicante), inaugurated in May to coincide with International Museum Day, and in the temporary galleries and library of the MARQ, the exhibition "Cities of Light. Àkra Lueké, Lucentum, Laqant"..
The Deputy for Culture, Juan de Dios NavarroThe visitor figures received by both the MARQ and its archaeological sites and the MUBAG, which has registered 50,000 visitors, show the support and interest of the public in the wide range of cultural activities offered by the Provincial Council and lead us to continue working to continue offering exhibitions of a high level of quality and demand", he said.
The Museum of Fine Arts of Alicante started the year with From the neoclassical line to the romantic spirit'.The new space completes the permanent exhibition, and has also presented other temporary proposals such as 'Legacy', 'Studiolo' by Candela Álvarez Soldevilla, 'Milan. Showcase of Modernity'. or the retrospective of the artist Navarro Ramón with which he closed this prolific 2024.
With regard to the number of visits to the sites and monuments managed by the Fundación CV MARQ, the visitors' register shows that the site of Lucentumin La Albufereta received 10,094 people; La Illetain El Campello, 15,075 visits; the Pla de Petracosin Castell de Castells, 895 personsThe monument of the Almohad Tower of Almudaina has registered 1,000 m2 in the last year..439 visitsThe Interpretation Centre and the site of the Cova de l'Orin Beniarrés, 600 people and, finally, 15,000 people visited the Cava Gran in Agres.
