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Museum of Adra

Documented at the beginning of the 20th century, it is an old manor house with arcaded courtyard that belonged to the Trell family.

Ground floor:

It houses a tourist information point, a space for temporary exhibitions and a room dedicated to Tradition and Modernity in the Spanish art.

A Velázquez copy of the abderitano Miguel Pineda is exposed, as well as some costumbrist and orientalist themed paintings by the academic Antonio Bedmar, while the historical avant-garde is represented by graphic work of Pablo Picasso, Rafael Alberti, Antonio Saura and Federico Castellón. It also shows works by the sculptor Pedro Gilabert.

First floor: The Living History of The Lagoons.

Adra’s lagoons are one of the few surviving wetlands in the southeastern region of Spain. The lagoons, its flora and fauna have been studied for its ecological importance. However, the relationship between man and the lagoons throughout history has remained practically unknown.

We invite you to stroll through the history of The Lagoons, its plants, its animals and its people.

Second floor: Phoenician and Roman Abdera.

Abdera is one of the Phoenician foundations of the Iberian Peninsula which were later city-states and under the Roman Empire obtained the status of municipalities.

A great deal of the exhibits come from the ‘Cerro de Montecristo’, plot of the old Abdera, which dates back to the 8th century BC.

Museum of the Local Mill

The Local Mill, built in 1814 and recently rehabilitated, it houses the ethnographic section of Adra Museum.

Visits by prior appointment.

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Tower of the pellets

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Fishing Interpretation Centre

The exhibition begins its tour in the audiovisual room on the ground floor, where visitors will know the historical entailment of Adra to the sea and fishing.

We may experience the process which exists around the thematic of the fish auction and canning factories, as well as gastronomy, traditions and religious cult.

In addition original pieces with information panels, showcases and real exhibitions of the fishing and sea are also interspersed and visitors can even learn to cook typical dishes like ‘atascaburras’ through a virtual panel.