Oliva Archaeological Museum
C/ les Moreres, 38, Oliva
Telephone : 96 285 46 28
The museum is situated in the old house of the Pasqual (Pascual) family – a
stately home that was built and remodelled in different phases between the 15th
and 18th centuries. Restored between 1997 and 1999, this house preserves – in
addition to a large part of its original architectural structure – a
16th-century window and the main entrance archway, bordered by 17th-century
masonry stones. The museum’s permanent exhibition rooms are situated on the
ground floor and provide an interesting tour through the different periods of
the history of Oliva and La Safor.
Tools are on display in its windows along with other objects representative of
the way of life and production of the different societies that populated this
area during Prehistoric times, the Iberian and Roman eras and the Middle Ages.
The latter is represented by a long period of Islamic settlers and the Christian
occupation after the Conquest of 1240. The exhibition ends with a monographic
room dedicated to the Oliva Counts’ palace – that of the Centelles i Riu-Sech,
the town’s aristocracy – where, in addition to the model for the building in
question, marble columns and arches from the hallway of the palace’s first
floor, and the exceptional figure of the Guerrero del Palacio (‘palace warrior’)
that adorned the front of the entrance doors to the arms room, are on display.
Winter hours
Tuesday-Saturday:
Mornings, from 10:00 to 13:30 h
Tardes: de 16´00 a 19´00 h
Sunday: 11´30 a 13´30 h
Closed Sunday evening and Monday
Summer hours:
Tuesday-Saturday:
mornings: 10:00 to 13:30 h
evenings: 18´00 20
