The Argentona Water Jug Museum (), in

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, founded in 1975, is located in a building which opened on 20 July 2000. The origins of the museum can be found in the Water Jug Festival, which is celebrated on 4 August every year since 1951, upholding a traditional celebration dating back to the 17th century, brought about by a ‘vow of the town' to

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, patron saint of water, to protect

Argentona Argentona () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Maresme in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the south-east side of the granite littoral zone, to the north-west of Mataró. The town is both a tourist centre and a notable horticultural ...

from a grave pestilence. Every year, coinciding with the Water Jug Festival, the Water Jug Museum organises the International Ceramic and Pottery Festival, the dates of which vary according to the day on which 4 August falls, in order to disseminate and promote the conservation of traditional

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and the new values of the ceramics being produced.

Exhibition

The collection includes more than 3,000 water vessels. The permanent exhibition introduces us to the world of these water vessels and the history, typology and process of water jug making. Monographic exhibitions are located on the second floor of the museum. In July 2006, the Espai Picasso (Picasso Area) was opened, which displays four water jugs by the talented artist from Malaga and explains the relationship

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had with

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References

External links

Local Museum Network site

Official site
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