Sights in Alicante
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Museo de Arte Contémporaneo de Alicante (MACA)
Closed for many years while its premises, the splendid 17th-century Casa de la Asegurada, was renovated and enlarged, this splendid museum was about to reopen at the time of research. It has an excellent collection of 20th-century Spanish art, including works by Dalí, Miró, Chillida, Sempere, Tàpies and Picasso.
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Museo de Bellas Artes Gravina (MUBAG)
Alicante’s fine arts museum, with canvases from the Middle Ages to the 1920s, is within the Palacio de Gravina, a stalwart 18th-century mansion. The setting and presentation are terrific – perhaps more so than the paintings themselves.
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Museu de Fogueres
In addition to a wealth of photographs, costumes and ninots (small effigies saved from the flames) it has a great audiovisual presentation of what the Fiesta de Sant Joan, all fire and partying, means to alicantinos.
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MARQ (Museo Arqueológico Provincial)
The Museo Arqueológico Provincial, or MARQ, has a strong collection of ceramics and Iberian art. Exhibits are displayed to give the visitor a very visual, high tech experience. The only drawback is the lack of information in English.
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Castillo de Santa Bárbara
There are sweeping views over the city from this 16th-century castle, which will soon house Museo de la Ciudad de Alicante (MUSA), a new museum recounting the history of the city.
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Lucentum
The Roman town of Lucentum,a forerunner of Alicante, is where excavations have revealed a rich wealth of pottery. You can make out its clearly defined streets and town plan.
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Pozos de Garrigós
The Pozos de Garrigós are three vast water cisterns, built to collect run-off from Monte Benacantil and nowadays used as a venue for temporary exhibitions.
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Iglesia de Santa María
The Iglesia de Santa María has a flamboyant, 18th-century facade and an ornate, gilded altarpiece, both contrasting with the nave's Gothic simplicity.
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MARQ
MARQ, very visual and hi-tech, well merits a visit even though there's little information in English.
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Basílica de Santa María
The flamboyant, 18th-century facade and ornate, gilded altarpiece both contrast with the nave’s Gothic simplicity.
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MUBAG
MUBAG, Alicante's stimulating fine-arts museum, is within an 18th-century mansion.
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