Museu d’Història de Girona
This collection covers the sweep of local history and prehistory from the flint and iron tools of the first Neolithic peoples through the glories of medieval Girona to the dark days of the Spanish Civil War, when the city built an underground shelter to protect its children from bombardment by Franco’s forces. One of the most interesting exhibits deals with the traditional sardana circle dance and the cobla band that accompanies the dancers. Although the 18th-century Capuchin Convent de Sant Antoni has been transformed into a contemporary museum, one room retains a macabre feature from the old convent—18 niches where dead friars were propped up in a seated position until their bodies became naturally mummified.
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This collection covers the sweep of local history and prehistory from the flint and iron tools of the first Neolithic peoples through the glories of medieval Girona to the dark days of the Spanish Civil War, when the city built an underground shelter to protect its children from bombardment by Franco’s forces. One of the most interesting exhibits deals with the traditional sardana circle dance and the cobla band that accompanies the dancers. Although the 18th-century Capuchin Convent de Sant Antoni has been transformed into a contemporary museum, one room retains a macabre feature from the old convent—18 niches where dead friars were propped up in a seated position until their bodies became naturally mummified.
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