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Museum of el Mar de Santa Pola

Santa Pola, El Baix Vinalopó, Alicante

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Museum of el Mar de Santa Pola

Monument · Santa Pola, El Baix Vinalopó, Alicante

Museum housed in the Castle-Fortress of Santa Pola, a 16th-century Renaissance military construction, devoted to the town's maritime and fishing history. The exhibition is organised into six sections: prehistory, with hunting and fishing tools from the Cueva de las Arañas dating from the third millennium BC; the Iberian world, with objects related to maritime trade and domestic life; the Roman site of Portus Ilicitanus, with mosaics, utensils from salting factories, glass, ceramics and coins; coastal fortification, with models of the castle and watchtowers; maritime arts, focused on fishing and navigation; and the Santa Pola salt flats, the economic base of the district. It also includes audiovisual screenings, a specialised library and a restoration laboratory.

Photo: Enrique Íñiguez Rodríguez (Qoan) (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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