Presents the evolution of Denia in the S. XIX and its relationship to the trade happens.
The Museum is situated in a typical bourgeois house of S. XIX.
* Access: St. Cavallers. (located near the Town Hall)
* Hours: 10:30 to 13 and 16-19 h. Closed Sunday evening and Monday
* Price: Free.
Points of Interest:
The museum has an interesting display of costumes and ornaments of
luxury of the bourgeoisie of the era and the costumes and working
tools. Also observed clear examples of urban development, commercial
and social.
Historic Interest:
The Ethnological Museum is aimed at the dissemination of history
in the nineteenth century, when they lived Denia a special thanks to
the rise and glory of the passing trade. Passes, as an economic engine
of Denia, was the motive of a large urban development and created a
cultural environment and a bourgeois society which enjoyed consolidated
advances of the moment: the train and gas, among others. The
cultivation of the vine, the process of passing, the role of the port
and the warehouses, the fluctuations and the height of its marketing
toward England, North America and Europe are the thread of this museum.
Graphic images, art and other events, including the building of the
museum is a good example, depict a city and a few customs and extinct,
but in the memory. |