Museo Diocesano de Tui
Diocesan museum of Tui in the former Hospital de Pobres y Peregrinos, known for its Inquisition sanbenitos (penitential garments); activity temporarily suspended.
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About the museum
The Museo Diocesano de Tui occupies the former Hospital de los Pobres y Peregrinos (Hospital for the Poor and Pilgrims), a building on the Camino de Santiago north of the cathedral, with three floors and a central courtyard. It is a Bien de Interés Cultural (asset of cultural interest) managed by the Diocese of Tui-Vigo.
Its best-known piece is the collection of sanbenitos, the penitential garments imposed on people condemned by the Inquisition. There are fourteen, ten of them original, and they are considered the only surviving examples of this type in Spain. The museum also holds ceramics and archaeological finds, such as a Roman sarcophagus and a bronze Celtic helmet from Caldelas, as well as sacred art, including a 12th-century crucifix.
Highlights
- Sanbenitos of the Inquisition, the only surviving examples in Spain
- Bronze Celtic helmet from Caldelas
- Roman sarcophagus
- 12th-century crucifix
- Building of the former Hospital de Pobres y Peregrinos
Permanent exhibition
- Sambenitos de la Inquisición – Fourteen sanbenitos, ten of them original, with the names and offences of people prosecuted by the Inquisition in Galicia in the 17th century.
- Operated by
- Diócesis de Tui-Vigo
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