Museum of Guissona Eduard Camps i Cava

Guissona

The Museu de Guissona Eduard Camps i Cava is adjacent to the town’s Archaeological Park.

In September 2011, the Museu de Guissona Eduard Camps i Cava was reopened on the ground floor of the old Fassina Mercadé building, next to the two hectare Archaeological Park where the ruins of the Roman city of Iesso have been uncovered.

The museum’s permanent exhibition explains how the north-eastern part of the Iberian peninsula was conquered and governed by the Romans. It details the physical, political, social and economic evolution of the military settlement which became the town of Iesso, and much later would be Guissona. The town proper was founded around 100 BC, and continued to grow until the 6th century AD, as visitors will discover from the texts, photographs and illustrations of the exhibition, as well as from the walls, streets, houses, thermal baths and other features that archaeology has brought to light. From a combined visit to the museum and the park we can appreciate something of the complexity of the everyday life of the inhabitants of two thousand years ago.

AUDIOGUIDE

01. Introduction

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SIGNGUIDE

01. Introducció

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SPACES

<p>Area at the entrance where the visitor is invited to take a trip from contemporary Guissona to Iesso.</p>

From Guissona to Iesso

<p>The history of the Roman settlement explained with illustrations, texts and objects.</p>

The site of Iesso, its history

<p>Central area of the museum: the Roman settlement of Iesso.</p>

Discovering the settlement of Iesso

The citizens of Iesso

Archaeological Park

OBJECTS

<p>A ploughshare made of iron. Museum of Guissona Eduard Camps i Cava.</p>

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Iron share

Hand-powered rotary quern

Prehistoric stone axe

<p>Funeral Goods from the Neolithic burial site in La Plana del Torrent (Ribera d’Ondara). Museum of Guissona Eduard Camps i Cava.</p>

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Silex, shells and an axe

<p>An ornamented drinking cup from the prehistoric site of Auditori. Museum of Guissona Eduard Camps i Cava.</p>

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Ornamented cup

Bronze Roman horse soldier

<p>This coin, initially equivalent to 25 silver denarii, 100 silver sesterces and 400 bronzes asses, was gradually devalued over time. Museum of Guissona Eduard Camps i Cava.</p>

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Aureus of Nero

<p>Fragment of the Dressel 1A wine amphora which has a consular mark on its neck. Museum of Guissona Eduard Camps i Cava.</p>

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Fragment of the Dressel 1A amp

Fragment of the Dressel 1A amphora

<p>Small globular, locally-produced jug coated with a layer of slip. Museum of Guissona Eduard Camps i Cava.</p>

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Red slipware workshop of Iesso

<p>Nuts, grapes, plums and peaches from the Roman period. Recovered from a well in the city of Iesso. Museum of Guissona Eduard Camps i Cava.</p>

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Fruit preserved from the Roman

Fruit preserved from the Roman period

<p>Some of these loomweights have certain marks such as geometric incisions and markings from a ring stone. Museum of Guissona Eduard Camps i Cava.</p>

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Set of loomweights

<p>Pompeian-style paintings that decorated the walls of rooms in the <em>domus</em>. Museum of Guissona Eduard Camps i Cava.</p>

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Mural painting

A tombstone for Lesbia

<p>Funeral stele from the 1st century BC with an inscription in the Iberian language. Museum of Guissona Eduard Camps i Cava.</p>

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Funeral stele in the Iberian l

Funeral stele in the Iberian language

<p>Honorific pedestal dedicated by the freed slave Tyche to his former master, Marcus Caecilius Probus (1st-2nd centuries AD). Museum of Guissona Eduard Camps i Cava.</p>

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The Pedestal of Marcus Caecili

The Pedestal of Marcus Caecilius Probus

Lead piping

<p>Reproduction of the mosaic from the dining room of the well-to-do <em>domus. </em>Museum of Guissona Eduard Camps i Cava.</p>

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Triclinium mosaic (reproductio

Triclinium mosaic (reproduction)

<p>The <em>natatio</em>, the large outdoor pool at the thermal baths of Iesso. Museum of Guissona Eduard Camps i Cava.</p>

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The natatio

INFORMATION

ADDRESS

Carrer del Tint, 2
25210 Guissona (La Segarra)

FEES

General ticket: free entrance

Guided visit

General ticket:

Archaeological park and museum: 4 €

Guissona and museum: 4 €

Archaeological park, Guissona and museum: 6 €

Concession ticket: -50% for retired people, unemployed people, estudents, Carnet Jove, Carnet Ara Lleida, disabled, young people 8-16 years old, single parent or family of 3 cardholders

Free admission: children under 8, AMC, ADAC, ICOM, researchers and teachers cardholders

Audioguide or digital device: 2 €

Group ticket:

Archaeological park or Guissona
Less than 15 people: 4 € person, retired people 2 €
Between15 to 30 people: 3 € person
More than 30 people: 80 € group

Parc arqueològic e Guissona
Less than 15 people: 6 € person, retired people 3 €
Between15 to 30 people: 4,5 € person
More than 30 people: 125 € group

School groups:
Primary education: 1 € student
Secondary education and high school: 1,5 € student
Workshop: 2 € student
Educational materials: 2,5 € student
Workshop and guided visit: 3 € student
Teachers free

TELEPHONE

+34 973 551 414

WEBSITE

http://museudeguissona.cat/

OPENING TIMES

All year:

Monday to Friday, visits with previous reservation

Saturday, 10 am to 2 pm (last admission at 1 pm)

Closing days:

Sunday; 1 and 6 January; Easter Friday, Sunday and Monday; 1 May, 24 June, 15 August, 8 and 11 September, 12 October, 1 November, 25 and 26 December

EMAIL

museu@guissona.cat