Casa del Conde – Museo Arqueológico de Lumbrales
Modernist house with Portuguese influence in Lumbrales, housing the archaeological museum, the visitor centre of the Territorio Vetón and models of traditional trades.
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About the museum
The Casa del Conde was the home of Ricardo Jaime Pinto da Costa, a Portuguese businessman and consul in La Fregeneda, to whom Queen Regent María Cristina granted the title of Count of Lumbrales in 1888 for promoting the railway between La Fuente de San Esteban and Barca d’Alba. The building, in the Modernist style with Portuguese influence, was erected at the end of the 19th century and has two floors and a garden. The Lumbrales town council acquired it on 24 February 1968.
Today it houses the Visitor Reception Centre and the tourist office of the Territorio Vetón. On the ground floor, a room recreates the setting of Pinto da Costa, with audiovisuals about his life, the railway and the hillfort (castro) of Las Merchanas. On the upper floor is a room of the archaeological museum, set up in 2013 with finds gathered by Ignacio and Eduardo Pérez Fernández, many of them pre-Roman from the Las Merchanas hillfort, and a 20th-century loom.
In two rooms next to the courtyard, opened in May 2019, are displayed the scale models by retired carpenter Agustín Villoria: the parish church, the clock tower and the Humilladero hermitage, as well as seven traditional trades (carpentry, bricklaying, forge, vegetable garden, mill, wine press and loom), many of them with moving parts.
Highlights
- Archaeological museum with pre-Roman finds from the Las Merchanas hillfort
- Modernist house with Portuguese influence from the 19th century
- Room devoted to Count Pinto da Costa and the railway
- Scale models of monuments and traditional trades by Agustín Villoria
- Visitor centre of the Territorio Vetón
- Free admission
Permanent exhibitions
- Museo Arqueológico de Lumbrales – Room on the upper floor with archaeological finds, many of them pre-Roman from the Las Merchanas hillfort, and a 20th-century loom.
- Maquetas de Agustín Villoria – Scale models of the church, the clock tower and the Humilladero hermitage, and of seven traditional trades.
- Founded
- 2013
- Operated by
- Ayuntamiento de Lumbrales
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Free admission to the archaeological museum.
Accessibility
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Amenities & dining
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | The model rooms are visited through the courtyard of the house during the opening hours of the Tourist Office. |
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