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Museum of el Calzado de Elda

Elda, El Vinalopó Mitjà, Alicante

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Museum of el Calzado de Elda

Monument · Elda, El Vinalopó Mitjà, Alicante

The Museo del Calzado José María Amat Amer de Elda was established in 1992 and has occupied since 4 February 1999 a 2,000-square-metre building erected on the grounds of the former Feria Internacional del Calzado. It divides its collection among four permanent rooms, with machines and tools used in shoe-last making and singular pieces, among them the ceremonial shoes that belonged to Pope John XXIII. Since 1999 it has also awarded the Premio a la Mujer Mejor Calzada de España, a distinction created to promote quality women's footwear.

Photo: José Manuel Pérez (Public domain)

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