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Lady Of Cádiz
The Lady of Cádiz (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Dama de Cádiz'') is the name given by modern archaeologists to a female anthropomorphic sarcophagus dating from 480 BC. It is from the Phoenicia, Phoenician era and was found in Cádiz, then known as Gadir, which was the most important of the Phoenician colonies of the Iberian Peninsula. It is the second of two Phoenician sarcophagi found in Spain. Both are exhibited in the Museum of Cádiz. Recent investigations show that the person who rested in the sarcophagus was actually a robust man of about 45–50 years of age. Background 1887 In 1887, there were met with at the gates of Cádiz, at about five metres beneath the surface of the earth, three rude tombs of shelly limestone, in which were found some skeletons, a few small bronze instruments and some trinkets—the latter of undoubted oriental manufacture. In one of these tombs was also inclosed a monolithic sarcophagus of white marble of the form called anthropoid an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museum Of Cádiz
The Museum of Cadiz is a museum located in Cádiz, Spain. It was founded in 1970 after the merger of the Provincial Museum of Fine Arts with the Provincial Museum of Archaeology. It is on three floors, archaeology on the ground floor, art on the first, and puppets on the second floor. Entry is free for citizens of the European Union. The origin of the museum came in 1835, when art was confiscated from a monastery, including paintings by Zurbarán taken from the Charterhouse of Jerez de la Frontera. Other paintings included the works of Murillo and Rubens. The collection grew during the century, due to the city's Academy of Fine Arts which practised romanticism and neoclassicism. In 1877, after a Phoenician sarcophagus was found in the city's shipyard, the Archaeological Museum was founded. However, it was not until 1970 that the two institutes, despite sharing the same building, were merged. From 1980, the architect Javier Feduchi planned a reform of the building in three phases ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
