MARQ will put the finishing touch to the exhibition "Vikings. Warriors of the North. Giants of the sea", with a festive open day on Sunday 5 March, following the agreement reached in the Executive Committee at the proposal of its President, César Sánchez, in a session held on Wednesday 1 March. The exhibition has been visited by more than 97,000 people since its inauguration on 19 May 2016.
There are 663 pieces on display for the first time outside Denmark, allowing us to discover the fascinating Viking Age in detail. Un período spanning the 9th to 11th centuries, during which time Europe underwent major upheavals and upheavals. We often associate the image of the Vikings with colonisation, conquest and plunder, but a visit to the Marq exhibition shows that they were also a deeply religious, agricultural people, with a deeply rooted family structure, well organised, and who also promoted the development of navigation, trade, specialised crafts and communication networks between the cities in which they settled.
Vikings has ratified the Marq not only as one of the main cultural bets of Alicante but also as a quality tourist destination, at the service of all audiences regardless of their different abilities or knowledge. The interest aroused by the Viking civilisation led in December to a formal agreement between the National Museum of Denmark and the Marq, which made it possible for the exhibition to extend its stay in Alicante until 5 March, and from here it will travel to the Museo de la Marina in Lisbon (Portugal), where it can be visited from 12 April.
