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The Diocesan and Comarcal Museum of Lleida

Lleida

View of the exhibition on the Iberian world and the material culture of the Ilergetes, the earliest inhabitants of the lands of Lleida.

View of the exhibition on the Iberian world and the material culture of the Ilergetes, the earliest inhabitants of the lands of Lleida.

The Diocesan and Comarcal Museum of Lleida is the custodian of two great centenarian collections from the city of Lleida. The first is an archaeological collection passed on by the Institut d’Estudis Ilerdencs, which had inherited it from the Museu d’Antiguitats, established in 1868. The second is a collection of fine art from the old Diocesan Museum of Lleida, founded in 1893. The museum also curates collections lent by the chapter of the cathedral of Lleida, as well as items ceded by the Department of Culture of the Generalitat de Catalunya, the National Art Museum of Catalonia and the Archaeological Museum of Catalonia, and a number of private collections.

The primary aim of the museum is to be of service to the people from the espiscopal diocese of Lleida to the towns and villages of the Plain of Lleida and thus aspires to being a focus for the preservation, celebration and promotion of the cultural heritage of the wide territory it calls home. The permanent exhibition brings together almost a thousand items, as markers on a journey through the history and the culture of the region which has the city of Lleida as its natural capital.

SPACES

<p>Ceramic pottery from Gen&oacute; (Aitona).</p>
The first sip of beer
The first sip of beer
<p>Horse bits from the Pedrera necropolis, most likely related to the burial of a warrior.</p>
The Pedrera necropolis
The Pedrera necropolis
<p>The interior of one of the areas of the museum dedicated to the Roman period.</p>
Roman Lerida
Roman Lerida
<p>Archaeological remains uncovered in the dig at Bovalar (Ser&ograve;s) demonstrate the importance this enclave must have had in its day.</p>
El Bovalar
El Bovalar
<p>Border People is the title of one of our permanent exhibitions.</p>
Border People
Border People
<p>One of the areas devoted to Lerida Museum&rsquo;s Romanesque art collections.</p>
Romanesque art
Romanesque art
<p>The museum&rsquo;s collection of Gothic art is one of its strongest suits.</p>
The Gothic centuries
The Gothic centuries
<p>The church of the monastery of Sant Josep houses the museum&rsquo;s collection from the early modern period, from the 16th to the 18th century.</p>
The early modern period: a time for change and for continuity
The early modern period: a time for change and for continuity

OBJECTS

<p>Fragment of a jar from Gen&oacute; (Aitona) with schematic decoration of a deer.&nbsp;The Diocesan and Comarcal Museum of Lleida. Lleida.</p>

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Jar fragment from Genó (Aitona
Jar fragment from Genó (Aitona)
<p>Falcata from the Pedrera necropolis (Vallfogona de Balaguer - T&eacute;rmens).&nbsp;The Diocesan and Comarcal Museum of Lleida. Lleida.</p>

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Falcata
Falcata
<p>A straight-bladed sword from the Pedrera necropolis (Vallfogona de Balaguer - T&eacute;rmens).&nbsp;The Diocesan and Comarcal Museum of Lleida. Lleida.</p>

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Straight-bladed sword
Straight-bladed sword
<p>Helmet and nape protector from the Pedrera necropolis (Vallfogona de Balaguer - T&eacute;rmens).&nbsp;The Diocesan and Comarcal Museum of Lleida. Lleida.</p>

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Helmet and nape protector
Helmet and nape protector
<p>Horse&rsquo;s muzzle from the Pedrera necropolis (Vallfogona de Balaguer - T&eacute;rmens).&nbsp;The Diocesan and Comarcal Museum of Lleida. Lleida.</p>

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Horse’s muzzle
Horse’s muzzle
<p>A Corinthian capital located in 1880 in Sant Joan square in Lerida.&nbsp;The Diocesan and Comarcal Museum of Lleida. Lleida.</p>

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Corinthian capital
Corinthian capital
<p>Silenus head made in white marble, possibly from Luni-Carrara. Probably originating in Tarragona.&nbsp;The Diocesan and Comarcal Museum of Lleida. Lleida.</p>

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Silenus head
Silenus head
<p>A mosaic that originally embellished the Roman villa of El Romeral (Albesa).&nbsp;The Diocesan and Comarcal Museum of Lleida. Lleida.</p>

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Mosaic from Romeral villa
Mosaic from Romeral villa
<p>Baptistery which was located at the foot of the early Christian basilica of Bovalar (Ser&ograve;s).&nbsp;The Diocesan and Comarcal Museum of Lleida. Lleida.</p>

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Baptistery of Bovalar (Seròs)
Baptistery of Bovalar (Seròs)
<p>6th century thurible, of possibly oriental manufacture, from the excavation site of Bovalar (Ser&ograve;s).&nbsp;The Diocesan and Comarcal Museum of Lleida. Lleida.</p>

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Thurible
Thurible
<p>Detail of the nineteen piece chess set which comes from the church of Sant Pere d&rsquo;&Agrave;ger, and was crafted in Egypt in the 10th or 11th century.&nbsp;The Diocesan and Comarcal Museum of Lleida. Lleida.</p>

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Piece chess set of Sant Pere d
Piece chess set of Sant Pere d’Àger
<p>An altar front from Santa Maria la Blanca in Berbegal, representing the 1200 style in Aragon.&nbsp;The Diocesan and Comarcal Museum of Lleida. Lleida.</p>

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Berbegal altar front
Berbegal altar front
<p>A corbel originally from the former Sant Joan church in Lerida.&nbsp;The Diocesan and Comarcal Museum of Lleida. Lleida.</p>

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Romanesque corbel of Sant Joan
Romanesque corbel of Sant Joan
<p>A Romanesque Christ originally from the church in Perves, an emblematic example of Lerida&rsquo;s Romanesque imagery.&nbsp;The Diocesan and Comarcal Museum of Lleida. Lleida.</p>

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Christ of Perves
Christ of Perves
<p>The frescoes of Pia Almoina: reminders of the people of Lleida&rsquo;s charitable work in the Late Middle Ages.&nbsp;The Diocesan and Comarcal Museum of Lleida. Lleida.</p>

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The frescoes of Pia Almoina
The frescoes of Pia Almoina
<p>This Epiphany is by Dami&agrave; Forment, who was active as a painter in the city of Lleida around the 1530s.&nbsp;The Diocesan and Comarcal Museum of Lleida. Lleida.</p>

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Epiphany
Epiphany
<p><em>Praying in the Garden</em> by Anton Raphael Mengs, one of the leading European painters of his time.&nbsp;The Diocesan and Comarcal Museum of Lleida. Lleida.</p>

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Prayer in the garden
Prayer in the garden

EXTENSIONS

<p>Church of Sant Lloren&ccedil;, one of Lleida&rsquo;s major monuments.</p>
Church of Sant Llorenç de Llei
Church of Sant Llorenç de Lleida

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