Tesoro de Villena

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Treasure of Villena in its entirety

The Tesoro de Villena (German: Treasure of Villena ) is one of the largest depot finds of gold objects from the European Bronze Age .

The find consists of 59 individual objects, which consist of gold, silver, iron and amber and have a total weight of around 10 kilograms. 9 of these unique pieces are made of 23.5 carat gold. This makes this prehistoric find one of the most important depot finds in Spain and beyond in Europe.

In December 1963, the treasure was discovered by the archaeologist José María Soler (1905–1996), around 5 km from the Spanish town of Villena . The find is the main attraction in the Archaeological Museum in Villena. The find was exhibited in Madrid, Alicante, Tokyo and Kyoto, among others.

literature

  • Rafael Azuar Ruiz: El Tesoro de Villena. Un descumbrimiento de José Mariá Soler . Museo Arqueológico de Alicante, Alicante 2005, ISBN 84-609-8556-3 .
  • M. Terradell: Sobre el tesoro real de Villena . In: Saitabi , Vol. 14 (1964), pp. 3-12, ISSN  0210-9980
  • Nuria Sureda Carrión: Tartessos y el tesoro de Villena . In: Murgetana , Vol. 36 (1971), pp. 21-35, ISSN  0213-0939 .
  • Miguel Veyrat: Tres mil años y 10 kilo de oro tiene el tesoro de Villena . In: Blanco y Negro. Revista illustrada , vol. 75 (1965), issue 2749.

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