Archaeological Museum in Seville, Spain by Arunas Travel Photography Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - 0

The Archaeological Museum of Seville (Spanish: Museo Arqueológico de Sevilla) is a museum, located in América square at the María Luisa Park, in Seville, southern Spain.

Five interesting facts about the Archaeological Museum of Seville:

• It housed in the Pabellón del Renacimiento, built by the Spanish architect Aníbal González (1876–1929) in 1928.
• The building was created for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929.
• In 1962, the building and museum collections were declared Historic-Artistic Monument.
• It contains artifacts from the Roman era, many of which are from the nearby Roman city of Itálica.
• The Itálica exhibits include mosaics, statues, and busts of the emperors Augustus, Vespasianus, Trajan and Hadrian.

Statue of Mercury (the 2nd century AD), the Archaeological Museum of Seville

Halls of the Archaeological Museum of Seville

Mosaic of Bacchus (the 3rd century AD), the Archaeological Museum of Seville

Statue of Trajan (the 2nd century AD), the Archaeological Museum of Seville

Statue of Diana (the 2nd century AD), the Archaeological Museum of Seville

Busts of unknown men (the 2nd century AD), the Archaeological Museum of Seville

Bust of Hadrian (the 2nd century AD), the Archaeological Museum of Seville

Roman mosaic (the 1st century AD), the Archaeological Museum of Seville

Tombstones (the 2nd century AD), the Archaeological Museum of Seville

Exterior of the Archaeological Museum of Seville

Address: Museo Arqueológico de Sevilla, Plaza América, s/n, 41013 Seville, Spain

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