Description of the attraction
The Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum of Granada is located in a building called Casa Castril. Located in Carrera del Darro, this building is a prime example of a Renaissance palace. Casa Castril was once owned by Hernando de Zafra, who served as secretary to the Catholic monarchs, and his family. The Castril Palace was built in 1539 according to the project and under the direction of the architect Sebastian de Alcantara, a student of the outstanding Spanish architect and sculptor Siloam Diego. The same building once housed the Granada Museum of Fine Arts, until it was moved to the Palace of Charles V in the Alhambra.
The Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum occupies the first two floors of the building. His collections are housed in seven rooms, each of which is dedicated to a specific historical period. The museum has a hall dedicated to the Paleolithic era, where historical finds from this period are exhibited. There is a hall with an exposition of the Bronze Age, halls dedicated to the Iberian, Roman, Phoenician, Arab culture, where many exhibits are presented, found mainly in the vicinity of Granada. Here you can see weapons, dishes, vases, jewelry, brass lamps, unique ceramics.
The collections exhibited in the museum show visitors the continuous evolution of life on the territory of modern Granada, starting from the Paleolithic and Neolithic times, and the economic and social development of mankind in this region.
