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The Gavà Museum and the Gavà Mines Archaeological Park, founded in 1978, comprises two facilities: the Gavà Museum and the Gavà Mines Archaeological Park. It is part of the
Local Museum Network site
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The Gavà Museum and the Gavà Mines Archaeological Park, founded in 1978, comprises two facilities: the Gavà Museum and the Gavà Mines Archaeological Park. It is part of the Barcelona Provincial Council Local Museum Network The Barcelona Provincial Council Local Museum Network ( ca, Xarxa de Museus Locals), also known as ''Catalonia’s Biggest Museum'', is a tool for support and collaboration from and for the museums of the province, which makes available to municipal ...
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Gavà Museum
The Gavà Museum is located in the Lluc torre; amiddle class
The middle class refers to a class of people in the middle of a social hierarchy, often defined by occupation, income, education, or social status. The term has historically been associated with modernity, capitalism and political debate. Commo ...
family summer home built in 1799. The building has a multi-purpose room in the basement, temporary exhibition halls and an educational workshop on the ground floor, and the permanent exhibition ''Gavà, les veus del paisatge'' (Gavà, a landscape of voices) on the top floor. The visit includes a botanical garden with native plants, grouped into the different zones of the El Garraf Massif
The Garraf Massif ( ca, Massís del Garraf, ) is a mountain range of the Catalan Coastal Range, Catalonia, Spain. Its cliffs reach the Mediterranean waters. Its highest point on the coastal side is La Morella, 593 metres above sea level and furth ...
and the Llobregat Delta
The Llobregat Delta ( ca, Delta del Llobregat) is the delta of the Llobregat river, located near the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, northeastern Spain. The current delta has been altered by farming, urban development, industrialisation and transpo ...
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Gavà Mines Archaeological Park
The Gavà Mines Archaeological Park, opened in 2007, allows one to visit the site of the Gavà prehistoric mines, the oldest gallery of mines in Europe, which were used to minevariscite
Variscite is a hydrated aluminium phosphate mineral (). It is a relatively rare phosphate mineral. It is sometimes confused with turquoise; however, variscite is usually greener in color. The green color results from the presence of small amounts ...
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External links
*Local Museum Network site
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