Qualla: Pontevedra Museum https://qualla.com/pontevedra-museum en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:17 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/e/z/9/c/pontevedra-museum-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Pontevedra Museum https://qualla.com/pontevedra-museum Pontevedra Museum: Introduction https://qualla.com/pontevedra-museum/ Photo credit Cojvgpt, CC BY-SA 4.0. The most important gold treasure on the Iberian Peninsula sits in a security room in a former Jesuit college in the Galician city of Pontevedra. The treasure of Caldas de Reis, dating from the Bronze Age, was discovered buried in a vineyard on December 20, 1940, and its weight makes it one of the most significant gold finds in all of Europe. It is just one piece of a collection so large it takes six buildings to house it. The Pontevedra Museum, founded by the Provincial Council on December 30, 1927, has grown from a single manor house into a complex that sprawls across the old quarter, occupying Gothic ruins, baroque colleges, 18th-century manor houses, and a modern 10,000-square-meter exhibition hall.

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/e/z/9/c/pontevedra-museum-wp/ez9c-pontevedra-museum-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Pontevedra Museum: Six Buildings, Six Centuries https://qualla.com/pontevedra-museum/ Photo credit Original uploaded by Estevoaei (Transfered by Nioger), CC BY-SA 4.0. The museum's oldest building is also its most atmospheric. The ruins of the San Domingo convent, built in the 14th and 15th centuries, were abandoned after the Ecclesiastical Confiscations of Mendizabal in 1834. Only the main chapel and side chapels of the chevet survive, but amo...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/e/z/9/c/pontevedra-museum-wp/ez9c-pontevedra-museum-six-buildings-six-centuries.mp3 0:06 2 full Pontevedra Museum: Gold and Stone from the Castro Culture https://qualla.com/pontevedra-museum/ Photo credit Cojvgpt, CC BY-SA 4.0. The Sarmiento building, a baroque former Jesuit college begun in 1695 and completed in 1714, was incorporated into the museum in 1979 and thoroughly remodeled before reopening in 2013. Its galleries hold the archaeological collection and medieval Galician art from the 13th centur...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/e/z/9/c/pontevedra-museum-wp/ez9c-pontevedra-museum-gold-and-stone-from-the-castro-culture.mp3 0:06 3 full Pontevedra Museum: Castelao and the Art of Galicia https://qualla.com/pontevedra-museum/ Photo credit El Pueblo Gallego, Public domain. The sixth and newest building, the Castelao Building, was designed by architects Eduardo Pesquera and Jesus Ulargui and inaugurated on January 4, 2013. Its 23 rooms across four floors trace Galician art from the Gothic period to the present. The first floor covers the Gothic thro...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/e/z/9/c/pontevedra-museum-wp/ez9c-pontevedra-museum-castelao-and-the-art-of-galicia.mp3 0:06 4 full Pontevedra Museum: A Museum Still Growing https://qualla.com/pontevedra-museum/ Photo credit Munfarid1, CC BY-SA 4.0. In December 2021, the City Council of Pontevedra purchased the Saint Clare's Convent from the Order of Poor Clares for 3.2 million euros, and in January 2023 transferred it to the Provincial Deputation for integration as the museum's seventh building. The museum's reach extends b...

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