More than 660 pieces from 30 national institutions show the origin of the city of Alicante from the first millennium BC.
Cities of Light. Ákra Leuké, Lucentum, Laqant, the exhibition on the origins of ancient Alicante which has been on display since 20 December 2024 in the temporary rooms of the MARQ, will be closed with the celebration of two open days on 6 and 7 September.
Since its inauguration the exhibition has been visited by 58,283 people. Promoted by the MARQ Foundation and the Diputación de Alicante, through the MARQ, Museo Arqueológico de Alicante, Ciudades de Luz has counted on the collaboration of 30 Spanish cultural organisations among museums, archives and foundations, which have lent part of their collections and materials to facilitate the contextualisation and understanding of the subject matter addressed.
With the exhibition Cities of Light the MARQ offers visitors a temporary tour of the origins of ancient Alicante. The exhibition describes the succession of cities located in the Albufereta area of Alicante, using as a backbone the archaeological site of Tossal de Manises, a space of great heritage value, the object of research, restoration, enhancement, protection and dissemination, which has been transformed into a socialised space open to the public.
Curated by Manuel Olcinadirector of MARQ, Rafael Pérezdirector of the Department of Architecture of the Diputación de Alicante and by Eva Tendero and Antonio GuilabertThe exhibition, which was created by archaeologists and excavation technicians from the MARQ Foundation at the Lucentum archaeological site, includes 661 pieces that occupy the three temporary rooms of the museum and the main room of the MARQ Library. A space in which we find objects from the Punic sphere brought from Ibiza, Cadiz, Almeria or Malaga, which show the affinities with those of our land.
The MARQ bids farewell to this exhibition on the origins of Ancient Alicante with two open days on 6 and 7 September, with its usual opening hours, on Saturday from 10 am to 10 pm non-stop and on Sunday from 10 am to 2 pm. An opportunity to discover and understand the historical occupation of La Albufereta, especially the period between the middle of the first millennium BC and the end of the first millennium AD, whose history is fundamental to understanding the historical evolution not only of the territory of a large part of the province, but also of the Ancient History of Spain.
