Shipyards and Galleys
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Museu Marítim de Barcelona Avinguda de les Drassanes, 08001 Barcelona
Photo courtesy of Maritime Museum
SHIPYARDS AND GALLEYS
Control of the Mediterranean was crucial, and galleys were the means by which this dominance was achieved. They were powerful, impressive warships that patrolled the Mediterranean during the golden age of the Catalan navy (13th-15th centuries).
The exhibition begins at 1282, when King Pere II “El Gran” (the Great) returned to Barcelona after an expedition through the Mediterranean. This is the starting point for our journey through the history of Barcelona’s Royal shipyards, an infrastructure that the king set up with the aim of turning Barcelona into one of the great Mediterranean cities that would rival Genoa and Venice.
Shipyards and Galleys includes new points from which to view the galley and the Roman mausoleum that was discovered in the most recent archaeological excavations in the building (2010 – 2012), as well as a galley under construction. Exhibits include items from the museum collections, scale models of the building, models of galleys, as well as audiovisual and interactive features.
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A replica of Ictíneo I sits in the courtyard of the Museu Marítim de Barcelona. Photo by Vicente Zambrano González courtesy of Ajuntament de Barcelona (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
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