The National Museum of Roman Art (; MNAR) is an

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located in Mérida, Spain. Devoted to

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, it exhibits extensive material from the archaeological ensemble of Mérida (the Roman colony of ''

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''), one of the largest and most extensive archaeological sites in Spain, registered as

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in 1993.

History

An archaeology museum in Mérida was created for the first time through a royal order issued on 26 March 1838. On the occasion of the two thousandth anniversary of the city's foundation, the museum was refounded as the National Museum of Roman Art in 1975. The current building is a work by Spanish architect

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. Building works started in 1981. The new premises were unveiled on 19 September 1986.

Gallery

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External links

National Museum of Roman Art
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