Lleida Museum, officially the Diocesan and Comarcal Lleida Museum (

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: ''Museu de Lleida'', ''Museu Diocesà i Comarcal de Lleida''), is an art and history museum located in

Lleida Lleida (, ; Spanish: Lérida ) is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital city of the province of Lleida. Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It is also the capital city of the Segrià comarca, as ...

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. It is owned by the

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, the Lleida city council,

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and the

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, of which Lleida is the capital. The museum was established in 1997, while the current building in Rambla d'Aragó was inaugurated in 2007. It assembles a variety of collections, including

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, Romanesque,

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and

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art. The museum was controversial from its onset: some of the pieces on display were found in the Catalan-speaking part of

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known as

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, adjacent to Lleida and previously belonging to its local

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, which however were segregated by

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decree in 1995, and now belong to the neighbouring

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, a merger of former dioceses. They have been claimed by Aragonese institutions ever since.

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* {{Authority control Culture in Lleida Art museums and galleries in Catalonia History museums in Catalonia Religious museums in Spain Diocesan museums

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