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National Museum of Roman Art: Exterior · Fachada del Museo Nacional de Arte Romano de Mérida
1/6 · Exterior · Fachada del Museo Nacional de Arte Romano de MéridaPhoto: Anual · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
National Museum of Roman Art: Exterior · National Museum of Roman Art in Mérida
2/6 · Exterior · National Museum of Roman Art in MéridaPhoto: Draceane · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
National Museum of Roman Art: Exterior · Sundial of the peristyle of the Roman theater of Merida (first century AD)
3/6 · Exterior · Sundial of the peristyle of the Roman theater of Merida (first century AD)Photo: Xosema · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
National Museum of Roman Art: Exterior · Tablero de mármol de unos 70 cm de altura con un árbol y un haz de espigas
4/6 · Exterior · Tablero de mármol de unos 70 cm de altura con un árbol y un haz de espigasPhoto: Ángel M. Felicísimo from Mérida, España · CC BY 2.0 · source
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National Museum of Roman Art: Interior · National Museum of Roman Art in Mérida
6/6 · Interior · National Museum of Roman Art in MéridaPhoto: Draceane · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Photo 1: Exterior · Fachada del Museo Nacional de Arte Romano de MéridaPhoto 2: Exterior · National Museum of Roman Art in MéridaPhoto 3: Exterior · Sundial of the peristyle of the Roman theater of Merida (first century AD)Photo 4: Exterior · Tablero de mármol de unos 70 cm de altura con un árbol y un haz de espigasPhoto 5: InteriorPhoto 6: Interior · National Museum of Roman Art in Mérida

Museum · Late modernism

National Museum of Roman Art

Rafael Moneo · Mérida, Spain · 1986

Key featuresParallel brick walls pierced by tall arches form a top-lit nave above excavated Roman ruins.

Architect
Rafael Moneo
Place
Mérida, Spain
Year
1986
Typology
Museum
Movement
Late modernism
Region
Europe
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