Virgen del Castillo Marian Museum

Address:
It’s located next to the “Virgen del Castillo” Sanctuary – 30510 Yecla (Murcia) Spain

Useful information:
Families, couples, individual / Schedule: every day from 9 to 13h and from 16 to 20 h, on request to the guard in charge of the Sanctuary

Visiting hours during winter:
Monday through Sunday: 9:00 – 13: 00h 16:00 – 18: 00h (on request to the guard of the Sanctuary)

Visiting hours during summer:
Monday through Sunday: 9:00 – 13: 00h 16:00 – 20: 00h (on request to the guard of the Sanctuary)


You can find:
the visitor can contemplate all kinds of objects related to the patron saint festival which is celebrated in early December in honour of the Purísima Concepción.
In the cloisters the noteworthy and attractive carriage of the Virgin is exhibited.


What’s so special about it?:
The building housing the Marian Museum, attached to the Sanctuary of the Castle, used to lodge Franciscan monks as a monastery. A modern building was built according to a project by Antonio Martínez Prats.