Palacio de Dos Aguas/Museo Nacional de Cerámica "González Martí" - Valencia, Spain
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Palacio de Dos Aguas/Museo Nacional de Cerámica "González Martí" is located at Carrer del Poeta Querol, 2, València, Spain. It's famous for it's Rococo entrance.
Waymark Code: WMV27K
Location: Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
Date Posted: 02/11/2017
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The former Palace of the Marqués de Dos Aguas is now the González Martí National Museum of Ceramics and Decorative Arts (Museo Nacional de Cerámica y de las Artes Suntuarias González Martí). In 1740 the entire palace was redesigned in the Rococo, Late Baroque style designed by Hipolito Rovira and sculpted in alabaster by Ignacio Vergara. The museum features an especially magnificent doorway.
Relief sculptures of apparently sleeping men, Atlanteans, flank the entrance. They represent the two largest rivers of the Valencia area, the Turia and Júcar. The figures are a reference to the name Dos Aguas. The coat of arms of the Marqués de Dos Aguas is sculpted over the door. At the top is a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary holding the infant Jesus in her left arm. At her feet are a pair of cherubs.
Bien:: Palacio de Dos Aguas Museo Nacional de Cerámica "González Martí"
Comunidad Autónoma:: C. Valenciana
Provincia:: Valencia
Municipio:: Valencia
Categoría:: Monumento
Website with information about the BIC:: [Web Link]
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