Museo Lara
At first sight, this private museum in an 18th century mansion near Puente Nuevo might look like a trashy tourist trap, but it’s well worth a second look. It displays the collection of Juan Antonio Lara Jurado, who spent a lifetime amassing a vast cabinet of curiosities including guns, clocks, cameras, opera glasses, and scientific instruments. With no apparent rhyme or reason, there are archaeological artifacts, bullfighters’ suits of lights, old wine barrels, and gruesome exhibits dealing with the Inquisition and witches.
At first sight, this private museum in an 18th century mansion near Puente Nuevo might look like a trashy tourist trap, but it’s well worth a second look. It displays the collection of Juan Antonio Lara Jurado, who spent a lifetime amassing a vast cabinet of curiosities including guns, clocks, cameras, opera glasses, and scientific instruments. With no apparent rhyme or reason, there are archaeological artifacts, bullfighters’ suits of lights, old wine barrels, and gruesome exhibits dealing with the Inquisition and witches.
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