Museu de l’Almodí
Archaeological museum in the former 16th-century wheat exchange of Xàtiva, with pieces from the Palaeolithic to the Islamic period and an 11th-century basin.
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About the museum
The museum occupies the former Almodí, the wheat exchange of Xàtiva, a building completed in 1548 that is the last medieval-style building constructed in the city and the first to use the Renaissance idiom. It keeps its original Gothic façade, with the royal coats of arms of the Crown of Aragon, and a Renaissance courtyard with Ionic columns. It also occupies the neighbouring building, the former Pes Reial, later converted into a customs house for goods and then into the headquarters of the Banco de España.
The archaeological collection began with an 11th-century Islamic basin, which was used as an animal trough until the end of the 18th century. Today the museum is a modern exhibition space that traces the history of Xàtiva from the earliest Palaeolithic remains to the period of al-Andalus.
Among the pieces are reproductions of the remains of the Cova Negra, an Iberian head from the 4th century BC, Roman inscriptions, a reused altar consecrated by a Visigothic bishop, pottery of all periods and, from the Islamic period, arches from a public bath and the arches of the Pinohermoso palace.
Highlights
- 11th-century Islamic basin in pink marble from the Sierra del Buixcarró
- Arches from a public bath and from the Pinohermoso palace, Islamic period
- Iberian head from the 4th century BC and Roman inscriptions
- Visigothic altar of Bishop Atanasio
- 1548 building with a Gothic façade and a Renaissance courtyard
Permanent exhibition
- Colección arqueológica del Museu de l’Almodí – History of Xàtiva from the Palaeolithic to al-Andalus, with the 11th-century Islamic basin as the main piece.
- Founded
- 1917
- Operated by
- Ajuntament de Xàtiva
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €4 |
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Admission €4, also valid for the Casa de l’Ensenyança (Fine Arts Museum). Admission included with the entrance to the Xàtiva castle, according to the tourism portal of the Diputación de Valencia.
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