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Ca n’Oliver Iberian Settlement and Museum

Cerdanyola del Vallès

Exterior of the Ca n’Oliver Museum and Iberian Settlement

Exterior of the Ca n’Oliver Museum and Iberian Settlement

1. The Ca n’Oliver Museum and Settlement constitute a key heritage site on which to discover the Iberian Laietani culture. Over five hundred objects are exhibited, found in archaeological excavations of the sites of Cerdanyola, mostly from Ca n’Oliver.

The Museum is divided into two floors: the ground floor accommodates  the storerooms, the library and the technical section,while the first floor contains two exhibition rooms. The visit to the permanent exhibition ‘Cerdanyola, land of the Iberians’ is a journey on which visitors may discover who the Iberians were, how they lived, how they organised themselves and why their culture disappeared.

Additionally, in the settlement, inhabited between the 4th and 1st centuries BC, over 6,000 square metres of recovered archaeological remains and three reconstructed buildings may be contemplated. A walk around the settlement opens a door into the past, to the evolution of this Iberian settlement and the everyday life of the Iberians who inhabited these lands.

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01. Ca n’Oliver Iberian Settlement and Museum

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SPACES

<p>Audiovisual and panels tracing the origins of Iberian culture.</p>
At the edge of the world
At the edge of the world
<p>Stack of sacks showing the capacity of a silo.</p>
A humanised landscape
A humanised landscape
<p>General view of the section&rsquo;s information panels.</p>
Settlements, hamlets, isolated dwellings
Settlements, hamlets, isolated dwellings
<p>Panels, display cases and a statue that reflect the life of the Iberian aristocrats.</p>
A complex society: the aristocracy
A complex society: the aristocracy
<p>Panels showing artisans, weavers, and a set of ceramics.</p>
Commerce, artisans and peasants
Commerce, artisans and peasants
<p>Joint view of Iberian clothing and script.</p>
Customs, beliefs and traditions
Customs, beliefs and traditions
<p>Examples of Iberian Romanisation.</p>
The gestation of a disaster
The gestation of a disaster
<p>Descriptive panels of life on Ca n&#39;Oliver hill after the Iberian era.</p>
After the Iberians
After the Iberians
<p>Aerial view of the site and reconstructed buildings.</p>
The site of the Ca n’Oliver Settlement
The site of the Ca n’Oliver Settlement

OBJECTS

<p>Earthenware jar found in a silo from the settlement on the site of the Autonomous University of Barcelona.&nbsp;Ca n&rsquo;Oliver Iberian Settlement and Museum.</p>

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Earthenware jar
Earthenware jar
<p>Iron brooch found at the settlement on the Autonomous University of Barcelona site.&nbsp;Ca n&rsquo;Oliver Iberian Settlement and Museum.</p>

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Iron brooch
Iron brooch
<p>Painted ancient Iberian jug.&nbsp;Ca n&rsquo;Oliver Iberian Settlement and Museum.</p>

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Painted jug with a tied closed
Painted jug with a tied closed lid
<p>Hoe found on the Ca n&#39;Oliver site.&nbsp;Ca n&rsquo;Oliver Iberian Settlement and Museum.</p>

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Hoe
Hoe
<p>A sheep&rsquo;s skull.&nbsp;Ca n&rsquo;Oliver Iberian Settlement and Museum.</p>

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A sheep’s skull
A sheep’s skull
<p>Bear tooth handle.&nbsp;Ca n&rsquo;Oliver Iberian Settlement and Museum.</p>

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Bear tooth handle
Bear tooth handle
<p>Large vessel was located at the bottom of the well at the Can Xercavins settlement.&nbsp;Ca n&rsquo;Oliver Iberian Settlement and Museum.</p>

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Large earthenware jar
Large earthenware jar
<p>Mortar found at the Ca n&#39;Oliver site.&nbsp;Ca n&rsquo;Oliver Iberian Settlement and Museum.</p>

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Mortar
Mortar
<p>Biconic cup characteristic of the Iberian Laietanian world.&nbsp;Ca n&rsquo;Oliver Iberian Settlement and Museum.</p>

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Biconic cup
Biconic cup
<p>Lion Sculpture.&nbsp;Ca n&rsquo;Oliver Iberian Settlement and Museum.</p>

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Lion Sculpture
Lion Sculpture
<p>Krater.&nbsp;Ca n&rsquo;Oliver Iberian Settlement and Museum.</p>

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Krater
Krater
<p>Iberian sword sheath.&nbsp;Ca n&rsquo;Oliver Iberian Settlement and Museum.</p>

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Sword sheath
Sword sheath
<p>Kalathos, a characteristic piece from the Iberian world.&nbsp;Ca n&rsquo;Oliver Iberian Settlement and Museum.</p>

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Kalathos
Kalathos
<p>This fish dish forms part of the black varnished imported tableware found at Ca n&#39;Oliver.&nbsp;Ca n&rsquo;Oliver Iberian Settlement and Museum.</p>

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Fish dish
Fish dish
<p>Punic amphora from Ibiza.&nbsp;Ca n&rsquo;Oliver Iberian Settlement and Museum.</p>

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Punic amphora from Ibiza
Punic amphora from Ibiza
<p>Bronze bracelet.&nbsp;Ca n&rsquo;Oliver Iberian Settlement and Museum.</p>

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Bronze bracelet
Bronze bracelet
<p>Thymaterion found at the Ca n&#39;Oliver site.&nbsp;Ca n&rsquo;Oliver Iberian Settlement and Museum.</p>

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Thymaterion
Thymaterion
<p>Pot with inscription.&nbsp;Ca n&rsquo;Oliver Iberian Settlement and Museum.</p>

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Pot with inscription
Pot with inscription
<p>Italian-style amphora.&nbsp;Ca n&rsquo;Oliver Iberian Settlement and Museum.</p>

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Italian-style amphora
Italian-style amphora
<p>Detail of the denarius found at Ca n&#39;Oliver.&nbsp;Ca n&rsquo;Oliver Iberian Settlement and Museum.</p>

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Denarius
Denarius
<p>Tup&iacute; found at the Mallols site.&nbsp;Ca n&rsquo;Oliver Iberian Settlement and Museum.</p>

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Tupí
Tupí
<p>Pot from the early Middle Ages.&nbsp;Ca n&rsquo;Oliver Iberian Settlement and Museum.</p>

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Cooking pot
Cooking pot
<p>Main gateway to the Ca n&rsquo;Oliver Settlement.&nbsp;Ca n&rsquo;Oliver Iberian Settlement and Museum.</p>

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Gateway to the settlement
Gateway to the settlement

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