THE VISIGOTHIC PERIOD

IN THE

NATIONALARCHAEOLOGICAL

MUSEUM

THE MUSEUM

• The National Archaelogical Museum was founded in 1867 by Queen Isabella II.

• It is a collection of antiquities representing the history of Spain.

LOCATION

The Museum is located in c) Serrano, 13

28001 Madrid

Tel 915777912

www.man.es

THE EXHIBITION

• The Museum has four floors.• The collection dedicated to the visigothic period is

located on the first floor

Late Antiquity. The Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo (6th – 8th

Century)

PRINCIPAL OBJECTS OF THE EXHIBITION

Earrings, necklaces and other jewellery

Belt buckles

Liturgical objects

Battle gear

Coins

The Recopolis HoardVisigothic tremissis

The Guarrazar Hoard

Reccesvinth’s crown

The Torredonjimeno Hoard

Visigothic Pottery

Architectural sculpture

Necropolis

• Gravestone

• Goods of a woman’s grave

Visigothic objects of Guadalajara

Pair of eagle broochesSculpture from Reccopolis

(Zorita de los Canes) (Alovera)

OTHER PERIODS AND OTHER CULTURES IN THE MUSEUM

Textos, fotos y vídeo de Teresa García García

Text and photos by Teresa GarcíaVideo by Alicia García