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Desde el punto de vista histórico, artístico y arqueológico, el Tesoro de Villena constituye un «unicum», un depósito no normalizado, por su peso y contenido (A. Perea). De hecho, se trata del segundo tesoro de vajilla áurea más importante de Europa, tras el de las Tumbas Reales de Micenas en Grecia
196:] (in Spanish). Alicante: Editado por Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes, 2005. : Otra ed.: , Ministerio de Educación Nacional, Servicio Nacional de Excavaciones Arqueológicas, D.L. 196, 75p,p. de lám : il ; 25 cm (Excavaciones arqueológicas en España ; 36). 222:"RESOLUCIÓN de 7 de enero de 2003, de la Dirección General de Patrimonio Artístico de la Consejería de Cultura y Educación, por la que se incoa expediente de declaración de bien de interés cultural a favor de la colección arqueológica del Tesoro de Villena" 224:[January 7, 2003, RESOLUTION of the General Direction on Artistic Heritage of the Culture and Education Council, which opens a file on the declaration as Good of Cultural Interest (BIC) the archaeologic collection known as Treasure of Villena] 119:, and since then has been the main attraction of Villena's Archaeological Museum. Its discovery was published in most of the Spanish media and also some abroad, mainly in France, Germany and the United States of America. It has been exhibited in 243:(A. Mederos). From a historic, artistic and archaeological point of view, the Treasure of Villena constitutes a "unicum", a non-normalised deposit, according to its weight and content (A. Perea). In fact, 135:, and now there are two sets of copies of the whole treasure to be shown in exhibitions while the originals are permanently conserved in an armoured showcase at Villena's Archaeological Museum. 337: 105: 160: 261: 66:
with a total weight of almost 10 kilograms, 9 of them of 23.5 karat gold. This makes it the most important find of prehistoric gold in the
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The iron pieces are the oldest found in the Iberian Peninsula and correspond to a stage in which iron was considered to be a
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Atiénzar, Gabriel; Hernandez, Mauro; Barciela, Virginia (2014). "The Treasures of Villena and Cabezo Redondo".
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The gold pieces include eleven bowls, three bottles and 28 bracelets.
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it is the second most important golden tableware finding in Europe
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El tesoro de Villena: memoria redactada por José María Soler
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The hoard was found in December 1963 by archaeologist
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The treasure of Villena: a memory by José María Soler
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The same type of metalwork is also found in the big
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Ayuntamiento de Villena, 1: 205:, Touristic Guide to Villena. 176: 7: 149: 10: 1053: 230:Boletín Oficial del Estado 990: 964: 855: 811: 665: 551: 519: 505: 354: 42:) is one of the greatest 1017:Treasure troves in Spain 308:, where it is exhibited 184:SOLER GARCÍA, José María 622:Valencia Street Circuit 537:Valencian Sign Language 142:that was discovered in 899:Festes de la Magdalena 513: 36: 24: 913:Fogueres de Sant Joan 856:Traditions and feasts 631:Association Football 511: 22: 1037:Ancient art in metal 499:Autonomous community 146:, Germany, in 1913. 812:Musical instruments 465:Kingdom of Valencia 368:Treasure of Villena 347:Valencian Community 203:Villena ¡Un tesoro! 29:Treasure of Villena 531:Valencian dialects 514: 494:Spanish transition 429:Visigothic Kingdom 362:Prehistoric Iberia 264:. 7 February 2024. 25: 1022:Bronze Age Europe 999: 998: 934:Moros i Cristians 878:Cavalcada de Reis 780:Aigua de València 166:Bronze Age Iberia 106:Bronze of Levante 68:Iberian Peninsula 1044: 627:Tour of Valencia 452: 423: 407: 370: 340: 333: 326: 317: 316: 311: 293: 292: 272: 266: 265: 258: 252: 251: 239: 237: 227: 217: 197: 140:Eberswalde Hoard 113:José María Soler 50:of the European 1052: 1051: 1047: 1046: 1045: 1043: 1042: 1041: 1002: 1001: 1000: 995: 986: 965:Music festivals 960: 864:Ball de diables 851: 813: 807: 661: 547: 515: 503: 489:Francoist Spain 460:Crown of Aragon 449:Xarq Al-Andalus 446: 417: 401: 366: 350: 344: 309: 302: 297: 296: 289: 273: 269: 260: 259: 255: 235: 233: 225: 218: 214: 179: 171:Prehistoric art 161:El Argar Noobee 152: 17: 12: 11: 5: 1050: 1040: 1039: 1034: 1029: 1024: 1019: 1014: 1012:Bronze Age art 997: 996: 991: 988: 987: 985: 984: 979: 968: 966: 962: 961: 959: 958: 951: 944: 937: 930: 923: 916: 909: 902: 895: 888: 881: 874: 871:Bous al carrer 867: 859: 857: 853: 852: 850: 849: 842: 835: 828: 820: 818: 809: 808: 806: 805: 797: 790: 783: 776: 769: 762: 749: 746:Cabell d'àngel 742: 735: 728: 721: 714: 707: 700: 693: 686: 679: 671: 669: 663: 662: 660: 659: 658: 657: 652: 647: 642: 637: 629: 624: 619: 614: 607: 606: 605: 598: 591: 584: 577: 570: 567:Escala i corda 555: 553: 549: 548: 546: 545: 539: 534: 523: 521: 517: 516: 506: 504: 502: 501: 496: 491: 486: 485: 484: 479: 477:Habsburg Spain 472:Spanish Empire 469: 468: 467: 457: 456: 455: 454: 453: 431: 426: 425: 424: 413:Roman Hispania 410: 409: 408: 399: 392: 385: 373: 372: 371: 358: 356: 352: 351: 343: 342: 335: 328: 320: 314: 313: 301: 300:External links 298: 295: 294: 287: 267: 253: 211: 210: 209: 208: 198: 178: 175: 174: 173: 168: 163: 158: 156:Casco de Leiro 151: 148: 90:precious metal 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1049: 1038: 1035: 1033: 1030: 1028: 1025: 1023: 1020: 1018: 1015: 1013: 1010: 1009: 1007: 994: 989: 983: 980: 977: 976:Benidorm Fest 973: 970: 969: 967: 963: 957: 956: 952: 950: 949: 945: 943: 942: 938: 936: 935: 931: 929: 928: 927:Misteri d'Elx 924: 922: 921: 917: 915: 914: 910: 908: 907: 903: 901: 900: 896: 894: 893: 889: 887: 886: 882: 880: 879: 875: 873: 872: 868: 866: 865: 861: 860: 858: 854: 848: 847: 843: 841: 840: 836: 834: 833: 829: 827: 826: 822: 821: 819: 817: 816:typical music 810: 803: 802: 798: 796: 795: 791: 789: 788: 784: 782: 781: 777: 775: 774: 770: 768: 767: 763: 761: 760: 755: 754: 750: 748: 747: 743: 741: 740: 736: 734: 733: 729: 727: 726: 722: 720: 719: 715: 713: 712: 708: 706: 705: 701: 699: 698: 694: 692: 691: 687: 685: 684: 683:Arròs a banda 680: 678: 677: 673: 672: 670: 668: 664: 656: 653: 651: 648: 646: 645:Villarreal CF 643: 641: 638: 636: 633: 632: 630: 628: 625: 623: 620: 618: 615: 613: 612: 608: 604: 603: 599: 597: 596: 592: 590: 589: 585: 583: 582: 578: 576: 575: 571: 569: 568: 564: 563: 562: 561: 557: 556: 554: 550: 543: 540: 538: 535: 532: 528: 525: 524: 522: 518: 510: 500: 497: 495: 492: 490: 487: 483: 482:Bourbon Spain 480: 478: 475: 474: 473: 470: 466: 463: 462: 461: 458: 451: 450: 445: 444: 443: 442: 437: 436: 435: 432: 430: 427: 422: 421: 416: 415: 414: 411: 406: 405: 400: 398: 397: 393: 391: 390: 386: 384: 383: 379: 378: 377: 374: 369: 365: 364: 363: 360: 359: 357: 353: 348: 341: 336: 334: 329: 327: 322: 321: 318: 307: 304: 303: 290: 288:9783944507132 284: 280: 279: 271: 263: 257: 250: 248: 247: 231: 223: 216: 212: 206: 204: 199: 195: 191: 190: 185: 181: 180: 172: 169: 167: 164: 162: 159: 157: 154: 153: 147: 145: 141: 136: 134: 130: 126: 122: 118: 114: 109: 107: 103: 99: 96:, within the 95: 91: 86: 83: 81: 80:meteoric iron 77: 73: 69: 65: 61: 57: 53: 49: 45: 41: 40: 34: 30: 21: 1027:Gold objects 953: 946: 939: 932: 925: 918: 911: 904: 897: 890: 883: 876: 869: 862: 844: 837: 830: 823: 799: 792: 785: 778: 771: 764: 757: 751: 744: 737: 730: 723: 716: 709: 702: 695: 688: 681: 674: 609: 600: 593: 586: 579: 572: 565: 558: 447: 440: 418: 402: 394: 387: 380: 367: 310:(in Spanish) 277: 270: 256: 245: 244: 241: 234:. 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Index


Spanish
Villena
hoard
gold
Bronze Age
silver
iron
amber
Iberian Peninsula
Royal Graves
Mycenae
meteoric iron
precious metal
BCE
Late Argar
Post-Argar
Bronze of Levante
José María Soler
Villena
Madrid
Alicante
Tokyo
Kyoto
Eberswalde Hoard
Brandenburg
Casco de Leiro
El Argar Noobee
Bronze Age Iberia
Prehistoric art

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