MUSEO HISTÓRICO-ETNOLÓGICO DE MIJAS - CASA MUSEO - INGLÉS

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HISTORICAL-ETHNOLOGICAL MUSEUM CASA MUSEO - MIJAS This museum is located at the Plaza de la Libertad and has been open since May 1995. The building was used as the headquarters of the Town Hall from 1912 to 1986, the date on which the municipal offices passed to a new building in Plaza Virgen de la Peùa. It is a building with three floors, of which, the third is intended for internal rooms, while the ground floor and first floor host all the exhibition rooms. After discontinuing as the headquarters of the Town Hall, it was remodelled to become the actual Historical-Ethnological Museum of Mijas. The main entrance of the building stands out for its façade, on either sides are two large representations of Hercules, the work of Th. Porres, in 1916. He was a French sculptor who was in Mijas managing some marble quarries and in gratitude to the City Council of the time for the facilities given to carry out his mission gave the municipality this sculptural work. The central patio is one of the highlights of the museum, typical of an Andalusian village house, full of plants with flowers that bloom all year long, producing pleasant, delicate aromas..


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