Museo de Cerámica de Manises

Om museet

The museum occupies the Casa Ferraro, built in 1784 by a family of Italian origin engaged in the wool and silk trade in Valencia. It is the only 18th-century civil building of any architectural importance in Manises. After the Ferraro-Causa family, the penultimate owner was the physician José Sanchis Pertegás, who became mayor of Valencia at the end of the 19th century. In 1976 the Casanova Dalfó-Sanchis Causa family bequeathed the property to the municipality to set up a municipal museum.

In 1985 the building was extended with a new wing at the rear, and what survived of the original construction was restored. Stairs and ramps around a central void, topped by a translucent vault, link both parts. An upward spiral route connects the rooms, where productions of local workshops from the 14th to the 20th century are displayed.

Among the features of the building is a late-15th-century Gothic doorway from the palace of Mosén Sorell in Valencia, which was saved from a fire and from demolition and was installed by Sanchis Pertegás. The façade retains Valencian tiles from the second half of the 18th century and a panel from the end of the same century depicting the Holy Trinity.

Højdepunkter

• Ceramics from the Manises workshops, 14th to 20th century
• Casa Ferraro, an 18th-century civil building
• Late-15th-century Gothic doorway from the palace of Mosén Sorell
• 18th-century Valencian tiles and a Holy Trinity panel on the façade
• Upward spiral route under a translucent vault

Permanent udstilling

• Colección permanente de cerámica de Manises – Upward route through the productions of the Manises workshops from the 14th to the 20th century, in the Casa Ferraro. Temporarily closed for works.

Grundlagt

1967

Ejer

Ayuntamiento de Manises

Entrépriser & rabatter

Der er gratis entré.

Free admission for all visitors. Groups must request their visiting time in advance.

Tilgængelighed

The museum is closed for building improvement works until further notice.

Børn og familie

The museum is closed for building improvement works until further notice.

Transport & parkering

By car from Valencia: via the N-220 (Manises/Riba-roja exit), the V-30 (exit 13, towards CV-371 Manises/Paterna) or the A-3 (exit 348 Manises/Aeropuerto or 349B Quart de Poblet/Aldaia).

Service & spisesteder

The museum is closed for building improvement works until further notice.

Arrangementer & udlejning

The museum is closed for building improvement works until further notice.

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