Can Serra - Mataró, Barcelona, España - Renaissance Architecture on Waymarking.com

"El museo de Mataró es una institución museística española de Mataró (Maresme, Barcelona), con sede central en Can Serra, un edificio de estilo renacentista construido en 1565. El Museo, que está integrado en la Red de Museos Locales de la Diputación de Barcelona.

El Museo de Mataró está instalado desde 1941 en la antigua casa solariega de Jeroni Serra Arnau, uno de los primeros burgueses honrados de Mataró. El edificio, de 1565, es una construcción de planta baja y dos pisos de estilo renacentista. En la fachada destacan el portal dovelado y las ventanas enmarcadas por molduras y cartelas. El interior conserva la estructura original, destacando el artesonado de madera.

Las colecciones del Museo son muy variadas, tanto en origen como en tipología, y comprenden materiales arqueológicos prehistóricos, íberos, romanos, medievales y modernos, especímenes naturales, objetos históricos y un fondo de arte compuesto por pinturas y tallas religiosas, pintura barroca, modernista y novecentista. Destaca una serie de grabados de Goya."

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"The Mataró Museum is a Spanish museum institution in Mataró (Maresme, Barcelona), with its headquarters in Can Serra, a Renaissance-style building built in 1565. The Museum, which is integrated into the Network of Local Museums of the Provincial Council of Barcelona.

The Mataró Museum has been installed since 1941 in the former ancestral home of Jeroni Serra Arnau, one of the first honored burghers of Mataró. The building, from 1565, is a ground-floor and two-story construction in the Renaissance style. On the façade, the voussoir portal and the windows framed by moldings and cartouches stand out. The interior preserves the original structure, highlighting the wooden coffered ceiling.

The Museum's collections are very varied, both in origin and typology, and include prehistoric, Iberian, Roman, medieval and modern archaeological materials, natural specimens, historical objects and an art collection made up of religious paintings and carvings, baroque and modernist painting. and noucentista. A series of Goya engravings stands out."

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Date of origin:: 1565 Style: Renaissance (ca. 1400–1500) Type of building (structure): Town palace Address: Carrer el Carreró, 17, 08301 Mataró, Barcelona Architect(s): Not listed Web site of the object (if exists): Not listed

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