Located in the Oropesa de Mar’s historic centre or Old Town, the mission of the museum is to promote and highlight local historic heritage in a dynamic space for knowledge and reflection.
Oropesa del Mar enjoys a strategic location between the old communication route and the Mediterranean Sea, conditioning its history and architecture: its lookout towers, castle and fortifications are all part of its valuable heritage, surviving to this day as testimony the different attacks the town suffered over the centuries, some of them by historically well-known figures like Hayreddin Barbarossa, the feared Middle Eastern pirate, or Louis-Gabriel Suchet, Marshall of the Empire of the Napoleonic Wars of the 19th century.
Visitors can explore the history of Oropesa del Mar through models, audiovisual features and archaeological remains and establish the area’s links with the past; its identity and its roots.
Data
- Plaza de la Iglesia, 6 / 12594 Oropesa del Mar
- Telephone: 964 31 01 00 (ext. 1621)
- Fax: 964 31 29 65
- www.museodeoropesadelmar.es
- [email protected]
Hours
REST OF THE YEAR (1 September to 30 June)
From Monday to Saturday from 10:00 to 14:00 and 16:00 to 19.00
CLOSED SUNDAYS
GUIDED TOURS OF THE OLD TOWN ON REGISTERING AT THE MUSEUM (see timetable).
SUMMER (1 July to 31 August)
From Monday to Saturday from 10:30 to 14:00 and 18:00 to 19.00
Sundays from 10:30 - 14:00
GUIDED TOURS OF THE OLD TOWN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY 19:00 DEPARTS FROM PLAZA DE LA IGLESIA DURATION: 1Hr 30min.
Admission Museum of Oropesa del Mar: €1.50
Guided Tour (includes visit to Museum of Oropesa del Mar): €3
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Located in the old town of Oropesa del Mar.
