Museo Arqueológico - Etnológico Gratiniano Baches

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Check out a museum with an extensive collection to find out all about Pilar de la Horadada, its history and roots.
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Monday to Friday: 9 to 14 and 16 to 21.

Museo Arqueológico - Etnológico Gratiniano Baches, Gratiniano Baches Archaeological-Ethnological Museum, in Pilar de la Horadada in La Vega Baja county, is one of the those places you need to dedicate time to. Check it out while on your trip to this municipality in the southern part of Alicante. The museum’s collection is split into different sections, covering the environment, archeology, fossils and ethnography. It also has a space dedicated to Gratiniano Baches himself, a pioneer in archeological research on the area. One of the highlights at Gratiniano Baches Archaeological-Ethnological Museum is the remains of an amazing extinct animal, the sirénido - a large aquatic mammal - that lived in the Serra area more than 6 million years ago.

You can also explore the prehistoric tools the museum houses, transporting the little ones back to caveman times. See the collection of Roman findings, taking you back to when Pilar de la Horadada was a significant centre, right next to the legendary Vía Augusta, and undoubtedly witness to lots of commercial trade at the time. The museum is also home to an impressive collection of currencies, with coins that date back to our Iberian ancestors.

You’ll be able to learn how locals lived in Pilar de la Horadada over the last two centuries thanks to the museum’s fascinating ethnological collection, which creates a space all about the daily lives of locals. You can’t miss it. Come and explore the beaches and famous sites of Pilar de la Horadada, and of course, you can’t miss a visit to Gratiniano Baches Archaeological-Ethnological Museum if you want to know the whole story.