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The Maritime Museum of Barcelona ( ca, Museu Marítim de Barcelona, MMB) is located in the building of ''
It is located inside ''Barcelona Royal Shipyard'' ( ca, Drassanes Reials de Barcelona; es, link=no, Atarazanas Reales de Barcelona) a Museu Maritim de Barcelona official website.
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Drassanes Reials de Barcelona
The Barcelona Royal Shipyard ( ca, Drassanes Reials de Barcelona, es, Atarazanas Reales de Barcelona) is a shipyard and former military building of Gothic architecture placed at the Port Vell area of the Port of Barcelona. Nowadays it houses th ...
'', the royal arsenal of Barcelona, dedicated to shipbuilding between the thirteenth century and eighteenth century. The first mention of these arsenals date from 1243 in a document indicating the boundaries of the city of Barcelona where it mentions its shipyard
A shipyard, also called a dockyard or boatyard, is a place where ships are built and repaired. These can be yachts, military vessels, cruise liners or other cargo or passenger ships. Dockyards are sometimes more associated with maintenance a ...
.
It shows the history of the navigation from the early days together with the history of the Spanish Navy since the Catholic Monarchs, in the 15th century, up to the present. It also hosts several navigation instruments, weapons, portolans and paintings. The museum was declared Museum of National Interest by the Government of Catalonia.
Building
It is located inside ''Barcelona Royal Shipyard'' ( ca, Drassanes Reials de Barcelona; es, link=no, Atarazanas Reales de Barcelona) a shipyard
A shipyard, also called a dockyard or boatyard, is a place where ships are built and repaired. These can be yachts, military vessels, cruise liners or other cargo or passenger ships. Dockyards are sometimes more associated with maintenance a ...
and former military building of Gothic architecture placed at the Port Vell area of the Port of Barcelona. Construction started during the 13th century under the rule of Peter III of Aragon
Peter III of Aragon ( November 1285) was King of Aragon, King of Valencia (as ), and Count of Barcelona (as ) from 1276 to his death. At the invitation of some rebels, he conquered the Kingdom of Sicily and became King of Sicily in 1282, pres ...
.
The building is of Gothic
Gothic or Gothics may refer to:
People and languages
*Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes
**Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths
**Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...
style, its construction was carried out in a first stage between 1283 / 1328 and the second between 1328 / 1390. Subsequent reforms and extensions have been made, basically keeping the original structure.
During excavations in 2012
it was discovered that in the late 16th century a new building was constructed on top of the old medieval dockyard, giving the building its current structure. This excavations also uncovered a Roman graveyard. The shipyard's restoration was finished in early 2013. The Museum was reopened in 2014./ref>
See also
* Majorcan cartographic school * Cresques workshop * Portolan chart * José María Martínez-Hidalgo y TeránReferences
Bibliography
*Volume 3 (1998), ''Art de Catalunya, Urbanisme, arquitectura civil i industrial'', Barcelona, Edicions L'isard. *Volume 14 (2004), ''La Gran Enciclopèdia en català'', Barcelona, Edicions 62. * *García Domingo, Enric, ''Història del Museu Marítim de Barcelona 1929/1939''- Edició Museu Marítim de Barcelona *Ibañez, Cristina, ''Història del Museu Marítim de Barcelona 1940/1992''- Edició Museu Marítim de Barcelona *Valldeoriola, Mar, ''Memòria del Museu Marítim de Barcelona 1993/1999''- Edició Museu Marítim de BarcelonaExternal links
* {{Authority control Maritime museums in Catalonia Military and war museums in Spain Museums in Barcelona