The Provincial Archaeological Museum welcomes until the next 18 from February the exhibition "La Vila Joiosa. Archaeology and Museum".,a selection of more than 200 pieces of the local heritage, some of which are leaving the Marina Baixa municipality for the first time.
The President of the Alicante Provincial Council Luisa Pastor and the Mayor of La Vila Joiosa JaimeLloret presented this morning the exhibition, which will open this afternoon at 20:00 hours. Also taking part in the event were the deputy for Culture Juan Bautista Rosellóthe local councillor for culture José Lloretthe curator of the exhibition Antonio Espinosaas well as the director-manager and the technical director of MARQ, José Alberto Cortés and Manuel Olcinarespectively.
The exhibition, which occupies the two temporary rooms of the museumis made up of 205 pieces, 190 of which come from the Municipal Archaeological Museum of La Vila and another 15 from the MARQ collection.. The exhibition is presented in different thematic areasanalysing the historical evolution of the municipality from antiquity to contemporary times.
The Phoenician-Punic necklace from Poble Noucomposed of 32 gold beads, and the table with meat market inscription of the Roman city are two of the protagonists of this exhibition, which showcases the monumental heritage of the city and its impact on the history of the province. In addition, are on public display for the first time part of the recovered parts of the largest Roman wreck in the Mediterranean, El Bou-Ferrer.
This is the ninth exhibition of the "Municipal Museums at MARQ"With this exhibition, the Alicante complex aims to showcase the province's most important archaeological collections.
Technicians from the museum in Alicante and La Vila Joiosa have restored some of the objects on display, such as the Roman infant burial site at La Creueta or the la garceta roman mural painting and the lizardamong others.
Vilamuseu
The Museum of La Vila Joiosa has one of the most varied and relevant museum collections in the Valencian Community. The The Ethnographic and Historical Museum of La Vila Joiosa was founded in 1973. by its first director José Payá Nicolau and a group of collaborators.
In 2011, the municipality launched a new project, Vilamuseuwhich will constitute a research centre, conservation and outreach of a museum collection of great relevance and an exceptional monumental heritage, an integrated example of museology.
Luisa Pastor pointed out that "Vilamuseu is a project for the future of the municipality. The Marina Baixa is important for the economy of our province and this cultural initiative will complement the tourist offer of the area.".
For his part, Jaime Lloret has indicated that ".La Vila is an ancient city, historical capital of the Marina Baixa. We have a unique cultural and archaeological heritage that we want to enhance with this new project that will generate resources, employment and wealth.".
