REGION OF GALICIA, Pontevedra

Museo Municipal de Vigo “Quiñones de León”. Vigo, Pontevedra.
Parque de Castrelos. [CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE MAP]
www.museodevigo.org/
986 295 075. [email protected]

Closed on Mondays, Saturday mornings and Sunday afternoons.

Seventeenth century “pazo” (traditional Galician manor), considerably renovated during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, donated to the City of Vigo in 1924 by Don Fernando Quiñones de León, Marquis of Alcedo, with the stipulation that it be turned into a Museum. The ground floor recreates the aristocratic palace of the marquises, British-styled, with period furniture and decoration, and including a vast gallery showing European paintings from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, legacy of D. Policarpo Sanz, naturalized son of Vigo. The first and second floors are dedicated to showing the history of the city of Vigo since the Middle Ages; the archaeology room exhibits the main remains found in the city and its surroundings. The stunning gardens, French and British in style, perfectly complement the visit.